Curriculum vitae

1983:					first violin lesson with his father.
1989:					entered the Mozarteum Academy of Music in Salzburg as a pupil of Prof. R.RICCI.
1996:					Bachelor of Arts Degree with Distinction
1997:					founded "THE VIENNA QUARTET" as it's 1st violinist, left in 2001
1998:					Master of Arts Degree with Distinction
					began the developement of strings with Thomastik-Infeld, developement of the "Infeld-Violin" strings with Ing.F.Klanner and D.Pergamenchikov.
					development of "Vision" family and "PI" followed 2004 - 2010
					post graduate study with Prof. W.HINK at the Conservatorium Vienna
2001:					employed by the Vienna Stateopera Orchestra / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1st Violin Section)
2002:					graduates his studies at the Conservatorium Vienna with distinction
2004:					became a member of Wiener Philharmoniker
2004 - 2010:					as a board member served as librarian of Wiener Philharmoniker
2006:					became a member of Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
2018 - today:					as works council chairman representing the not performing arts personel of the Vienna Stateopera

1993:					"Jugend musiziert" 1st prize and special prize awarded by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, special prize awarded by the Kiwanis Club; special prize at the International "Tibor Varga" Competition (Sion, Switzerland); 4th prize at the International "Pablo de Sarasate" Competition (Pamplona, Spain).
1994:					1st prize at the "Alpe Adria" Competition (Gorizia, Italy); 2^nd prize at the "Concertino Prague" Competition, supsequent concerts at the South Bohemian Festival and in the Rudolphinum Hall, Prague; special prize awarded by the Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg.
1995:					1st prize and the "audience's prize" at the "Concours R.Ricci" (Iserlohn, Germany); special prize at the "4th Vienna International Music Competition" (Vienna, Austria).
1997:					1st prize and numerous special prizes at the "International T.Wronski Solo Violin Competition" (Warsaw, Poland).
1998:					"Christa-Richter-Steiner" Award; "Honour Award" given by the Minister for Science and Traffic, Dr. Caspar Einem.

1992:					Orchestra of the Mozarteum Academy under M.Gielen in the Mozarteum Großer Saal.
1993:					Mozarteum Orchestra under H.Graf in the Großes Festspielhaus.
1994:					Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra under P.Vronsky; Baadische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe under K.Ono.
1995:					"Forum Junger Künstler": Vienna Chamber Orchestra under M.Caldi in the Brucknerhaus Linz and the Konzerthaus Vienna, Austria.
1997:					Solo Recital in the National Philharmonie Warsaw, Poland; performances in conjunction with the ballet of the Vienna State Opera under B.Stadler, N.Musin and R.Zanella.
1998:					Philharmonie der Nationen under J.Frantz; Solo Recital (including 12 Paganini Caprices in the 2nd half) in Warsaw, Poland; Wieniawski Philharmonie Lublin in Lublin, Poland under P.Kantschieder; Sinfonietta Baden under T.Rößner; Solo Recital in Kitzbühel, Austria.
2003:					performances in conjunction with the ballet of the Vienna State Opera under S.Nakamura, E.Peci and R.Zanella.
2018:					Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini under R.Muti in Teatro Alighieri Ravenna, Italien ("Jubilee of 100th birthday R.Ricci"); Philharmonia Aeterna under N.Totsuka Tokyo, Japan (Premiere performance of the M.Rozsa violinconcerto in Japan).