1943 Born on October 14 in Wels, Upper Austria.
Studied at the College of Education in Linz (organ with Hedwig Ebermann, composition with Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter) and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (organ and composition with Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer, cello with Georg Weigl). Further studies in Innsbruck (musicology) and with Flor Peeters in Belgium. 1970-96 Director of the Bach Choir in Wels, Upper Austria, founded by Johann Nepomuk David. Since 1969 teaching at the University “Mozarteum” in Salzburg (1973-83 Head of Department of Musical Education, since 1978 Professor). Organ recitals in Europe, the United States and Canada; lecture tours, master classes. His compositions, which include organ pieces, chamber music, choral and orchestral works as well as one opera, have been awarded many prizes - among them Cultural Prize of the province of Upper Austria (1984), Supportive Prize of the International Bach-Academy in Stuttgart, Germany (1985), Medal of Merit of the City of Wels and Cultural Medal of the province of Upper Austria (1996).
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