A German pianist. He studied piano with Bruno Hinze-Reinhold, Paul Weingarten and Richard Rössler. From 1970 to 1991, he taught at Munich Academy of Music. He also gave masterclasses in Maryland, Rotterdam and Weimar. For many years, he was a member of the European Piano Teachers Association. He was twice a juror of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1975, 1980).

