After graduation, he went to Berlin where he studied German and music at the Akademie für Schul- und Kirchenmusik.
His radio plays for the Berlin radio lead to film assignments including scores for the feature-length Nanga Parbat films of German expeditions in the Himalayas.
He returned to West Germany in 1950, married, had three children, and settled in Schliersee.
He found employment in radio and television, working with the directors Lietzau, Beauvais, Düggelin, Schlechte, Westphal, and ten Haaf.
He participated in the 1954 contemporary music festival in Donauschingen where his works were conducted by Hans Rosbaud (the same year when American composer John Cage's appearance became a legendary fiasco).