A pianist, organist and teacher. A graduate of the Institute of Church Music in Leipzig. In 1950, he won First Prize in the Bach Organ Competition in Leipzig. From 1946 he taught at Leipzig Conservatory and from 1953 at Leipzig University of Music. Subsequently, he was head of the piano department of the University of Music in Dresden. He performed as an organist and a pianist, focussing mainly on the organ and harpsichord music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
