Curriculum vitae   |   Prizes
Curriculum vitae

1992-1995:
Apprecenticeship at the state vocational school for violin making in Mittenwald, Bavaria

1995:
apprentice's final exam

1995-1997:
I worked as a violin maker at Helmut Müller, master violin maker, Leonberg

1998-2002:
I worked as a violin maker at Martin Eppler, master violin maker, Leonberg

2002-2003:
trainee for master degree in violin making

2003:
exam as violin making master at the Chamber of Handicrafts, Munich

From September 2003:
own workshop in Leonberg

In May 2011:
moving to Rutesheim near Leonberg in my new workshop




Prizes

1996:
Jacobus Stainer competition Assessment for technical quality and sound: both excellent

2001:
International Jacobus Stainer competition First Prize for excellent violin and special prize for the sound

2004:
International Jacobus Stainer competition Special prize viola: excellent quality of sound