His interest in playing a diatonic accordion was raised early since his 4th year when his grandfather Franc showed him the first steps into this instrument and inspired him enormously.

At the age of twelve, he participated at a charity concert where he heard the world champion accordionist Robert Gotar for the first time.

The same year, under the mentorship of Robert Gotar, he performed at the Slovenian competition "Golden Accordion Award of Ljubečna" where he got into half finals.

His beginner's competition career proceeded in 2008 when he became an absolute winner of Golden Accordion Award of Ljubecna.

In his most successful period of his competition career (in year 2009), he became Junior World-champion in playing a diatonic accordion in Austria.