About Me

I'm a composer, producer and musician based in Berlin, working across records, film, animation and theater.

I started playing instruments and recording early, and never thought of composing, producing and recording as separate things. They were simply different parts of making music. While I was studying acting, music was already becoming a career of its own: my first albums came out during those four years, got radio play and led to a publishing deal with EMI. My studies at drama school left me with an attention to rhythm, timing, tension and contrast, and to what happens between performers. A good story and a good song work in much the same way.

Theater and film became a central part of my work as a composer. I've written for productions in Germany and Austria, including Staatstheater Stuttgart, Schauspiel Leipzig, Theater Dortmund and Landestheater Linz, often as musical director and often playing the score live.

My film and animation work has appeared on ARTE, ZDF and TED-Ed, and in The New York Times Op-Docs. On the animated films, I usually compose and produce the score, but can also build the sound design and perform the Foley if needed.

Besides my own records and projects, I've produced records for other artists and bands, mostly in my own studio and mostly with musicians playing together in a room.

I've also been selected for international songwriting camps, and as a bass player and guitarist, I've played hundreds of shows with bands across Europe and the US.

Curiosity about recording, and wanting to keep improving my own studio, led me to write about my experience with recording gear. That turned into several years of reviews, reports and comparison tests for audio magazines, and prototype testing for manufacturers.

I still think the most important part of recording has very little to do with equipment.

Memberships: GEMA, VG Wort, DKV (Deutscher Komponist:innenverband)