Professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, visiting professor at the University of Sarajevo since 2005. Concert tours in Europe, USA, Australia, Cuba with performances at major international music festivals e.g. Salzburg Festival, “Wiener Festwochen“ and “Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival“. Chamber music performances with members of the Vienna Symphonic

and Philharmonic Orchestra, Klangforum Vienna, Trio Swete-Bertel-Sepec and the singers W. Holzmair, P. Schreier and others. Numerous radio-, TV- and CDrecordings. He leads master classes and is a jury member at international guitar competitions. Studied in Bregenz, Austria, under G. Gaupp-Berghausen and at the Academy of Music Vienna with E. Kanthou and K. Ragossnig. Award winner of the Havanna International Guitar Competition, Radio France and ARD Music Competition Munich.