He studied choral conducting with Roderich Kreile and was a member in his choir Junge Kantorei München.
He played organ concerts and worked as a Korrepetitor for the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk and the Philharmonischer Chor München.
From 1992 Duda studied composition with Peter Kiesewetter at the Musikhochschule Hannover and continued with Dieter Acker in Munich, completing the "Meisterklasse" in 1997.
He has been inspired by Finnish authors and singers, such as Pirjo Honkanen, Lassi Nummi and Johann Tilli.
[3] His motet Friede über Israel was commissioned and recorded in 2000 by Roderich Kreile and the Dresdner Kreuzchor.