Born in Lorsch (Germany) he studied voice, transverse flute, piano and accordion at the academy of Tonkunst in Darmstadt. He got an engagement as the youngest tenor of Germany at the state theatre of Oldenburg immediately. 1990 he got an engagement at Vereinigte Bühnen Graz. Since 1991 he is a member of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Volksopera. He appeared in guest performances in: Barcelona, Mailand, Rom, Palermo, Catania, Neapel, Genf, Chile, Basel, Bern, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, München, Wuppertal, Wiesbaden, Ruhrtriennale Bochum, Bregenz Festival, Mörbisch, Wiener Festwochen, Alte Musik Innsbruck, Ossiach, Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center New York, Hongkong, Singapur and Jakarta. Film productions: 2008 Robert Dornhelm`s screen adaption of La Bohème in the part of Parpignol; Anna (World Tour Winner/Best Foreign Thriller 2007); Bell Canto (Thriller 2010). TV productions: Gesamtring der Nibelungen (Mime); Israel TV Zauberflöte; UA. Rattenfänger; Liebesverbot; Beiden Blinden; Pitzelberger; UA Propheten; UA Orpheus ex machina; UA Auszählreim; UA Esels Schatten; Hoffmans Erzählungen; Bettelstudent; Fledermaus; Die Feuersbrunst u. a. 2008 he directed Zar und Zimmermann. He worked with numerous conductors such as H. Stein, N. Harnoncourt, M. Rostropowitsch, S. Young, M. Viotti, D. Runnicles, P. Schneider, Bertrand de Billy, Fabio Luisi and U. Schirmer as well as the directors J. Flimm, H. Neuenfels, H. Hollmann, Ch. Miliz, P. Konwitschny, O. Fritz Schuh, D. Pountney and R. Dornhelm.