Since 1993 member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera, with roles such as Papageno, Leporello, Figaro, Ochs, La Roche, Klingsor und Bartolo („Barbiere“). Debut at the “Wiener Festwochen” as Oberlin in Rihm’s „Jakob Lenz“ and at the

Scala as Zeta in „La vedova allegra“. 2010 as Doctor in Bergs „Wozzeck“ at the “Theater an der Wien”. Concert singer and song reciter with a repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary compositions. Numerous CD productions including

”The Knight of the Rose“ with C. Kleiber, „Winterreise“ with N. Pfaffelmeyer, „Der Riese vom Steinfeld“ (Cerha/Turrini) with M. Boder, „Parsifal“ (Klingsor) with Ch. Thielemann. Co-founder of the chamber music festival Giro d‘Arte which is dedicated to the performance of contemporary music as well as works by Bach and Schubert. He primarily studied the violin. Besides jazz music (E-Bass), he completed his vocal studies at the Vienna Conservatory of Music.