Youth: The first Pianolesson I received when I was five years old from Miss Teichmann in Goettingen'/Germany. The lady impressed me from the first lesson, since she was as livly as only Italians could be. She came from Itatly before she married a german. After her Death I change to her former student
Gerrit Zitterbart.
Pianostudies: After School I studied the piano at the
University of Music and Performing Arts (=KUG) in Graz/Austria with
Prof. Sebastian Benda (See him in the Youtubevideo from an Edwin Fisher Masterclass). In several interpretationcourses and masterclasses I received some additional advises from
Einaar Steen Noekleberg,
Hans Leygraf,
Lew Naumov, Jürgen Uhde, Tibor Hazay und
Peter Feuchtwanger. Beside the classical Piano I studied at the KUG Graz at the the same time Jazzpiano with
Harry Neuwirth and paricipated during those studies Workshops with
Bobby McFerrin,
Bill Dobbins,
Richie Beirach and others.
Musicology: After acheeving the permission to teach Piano at the KUG/Graz I changed to the
F.U. Berlin where I graduate in musicology with
Prof. Rudolf Stephan and achieved a Masterdegree with an Analysis of a large Work for Choir and orchestra by the german romantic composer
Felix Draeseke and became doctor in musicology with a monographical thesis about one of the very few students of Johannes Brahms
Robert Kahn .
(More information about me in german...)