| 1978-84 | School of Music in Berlin „Spezialschule für Musik Berlin“ |
| 1984-87 | Studies at the University of Music „Hanns Eisler“ |
| 1987-89 | Bow-making apprenticeship in Markneukirchen |
| 1990-94 | Bow-making studies at the advanced technical college for the manufacturing of music instruments in Markneukirchen Internship with Tilman Muthesius in Potsdam and N.Nilsson in Malmö, Sweden |
| 1994 | diploma examination and master craftsman's diploma |
| 1995-96 | learning French bow-making with Pierre Guillaume in Brussels, Belgium |
| 1996 | first independent workshop in Markneukirchen |
| since 1998 | workshop together with violin maker Haiko Seifert in Plauen |
| since 2004 | Instructor and lecturer at the advanced technical college for the manufacturing of music instruments in Markneukirchen the orchestra of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bern gets a set of classical bows for all strings |
| 2005 | first place in the 5th international violin and bow-making competition in Mittenwald for a modern viola bow |
| 2009 | the strings of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kiel are entirely equipped with classical bows |
| 2010 | The Leipzig string quartet buys a set of classical bows and performances with them include a Haydn CD recording. |
| 2011 and 2012 |
collaboration at the research project „A bow for Beethoven“ at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bern |
| 2012/13 |
founof the con-takt 2013 project with the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin http://www.con-takt.org |
| 2015 | new con-takt project with the Academy of Music and Theater Munich |
| 2016 | teaching bowmaking as a visiting professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Markneukirchen from winter semester 2017, we plan to establish its own professional direction bowmaking |
| 2017 | new con-takt project with the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna please find more infos www.klanggestalten.de |