Composer, arranger and mandolinist, born and died in Berlin. 1939 he studied mandolin and theory with Carl Henze in Berlin. After the war he lived in Bremen, played in the ‘1. Bremer Mandolinen-Orchester von 1902‘ and arranged many works for this mandolin orchestra. 1949 he came back to Berlin, played in different mandolin orchestras and did some arrangements for Edition Helvetia. (Rainer Stelle)