From 1916 to 1933 he was director of the music school and the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar.
From 1895 he received his piano training with Bruno Zwintscher, Robert Teichmüller and Alfred Reisenauer at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.
In 1913 he became head of a piano training class at the Grand Ducal Music School in Weimar.
[1] Under his direction the music school was transformed into the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar in 1930.
In 1927 he formed together with Max Strub (violinist) and Walter Schulz (cellist) the Weimar Trio.