| 1978-84 | Music Academy 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 |
| 2004 | Start of my teaching activities as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Instrument Making in Markneukirchen The Bern University Orchestra receives 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. |
| 2012 | Bow copies in collaboration with the research project „A bow for Beethoven“ at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bern |
| 2013 | Founding the con-takt platform |
| 2015 | A unique con-takt project celebrates its premiere: Master instruments for children conTakt-junior e.V. www.contakt-junior.de |
| 2016 | Start of my teaching position at the vocational school in Klingenthal: annual bow repair courses for young violin makers in their 2nd and 3rd year of training |
| 2018 | I am very excited that I will be teaching the specialist technology of bow making as part of the master craftsman training programme at the Chemnitz Chamber of Crafts from 2018 onwards |
| 2024 | Relocation to the new workshop |
| 2024 | Lecturer for practical training in bow making at the WHZ in Markneukirchen |