[1] He then studied the piano at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie, now the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, with Hans Richter-Haaser, and in Geneva with Louis Hiltbrand, where he graduated with a "Premier Prix à L'Unanimité".

[2] He played concerts internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, with partners such as violinists Josef Suk, Tibor Varga and Wanda Wiłkomirska, cellists Anner Bylsma and André Navarra, speaker Hans Clarin, clarinetist Dieter Klöcker, whom he knew from childhood, and his ensemble Consortium Classicum.

[1] In 1976, he played the complete works for piano by Richard Wagner for the national congress of the Richard-Wagner-Verband in Nürnberg.

tenor Ian Partridge, and instrumental soloists including Hermann Baumann (horn), Klöcker (clarinet), and Karl-Otto Hartmann.

[7] He was awarded prizes such as the Premio della Critica Discografico Italiana and the Wiener Flötenuhr for the best interpretation of Mozart's works, among others.