• 1975 As a conductor for variable Brass band with Prize of Competition: Brass band Repertoire (until 79)
• 1978 Graduate - Comercial High School Fukushima (Informatic); Studies in Fukushima: Piano with Prof. Kazutsugu Saito
• 1980 Studies in Tokyo (84: graduate of Diploma): Piano: Yuko Ozaki and Masako Hoshide;Thory: Prof.Hideo Arashino; Conducting: Kikuo Matsumoto and Kazuhiko Sakamoto; Viola: Haruo Katayama; Composition: Prof. Takehito Shimazu and Prof. Akira Nishimura
• 1981 Hospitant Japanese Philharmonic (Orchestra repertoire)
• 1982 Activity as Pianist for New Music: (Boulez, Stockhausen, Lachenmann-JP, Feldman, Scelsi, Pärt., Berio, Sati, etc.)
• 1985 Musicology: Prof. Minao Shibata in Chiba-Tokyo (1986:Graduate), Correpetitur for operas.
• 1986 Conducting with Prof.Karl Österreicher and Leonard Bernstein in Wien Austria untill 1992
• 1987 Studies at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart: Komposition with Prof. Helmut Lachenmann (Graduatioin. 92)Electronic music: Prof. Erhard Karkoschka; Orchestration: Prof.Milko Kelemen; Misical Management: Dr.Lutz Lüdemann, Score Reading / Generalbass : Prof.Siegfreid Petrenz and Prof.Christoph Bossert Musicology: Prof.Dr. Joahim Kaiser // Conducted Zauberflöte/Figaro / così fan tutte Since 87 Principal conductor of variable orchestras and chorus in Stuttgart and improvisation activitis (Gablenburg, Bad cannstatt-Nord, Zuffenhausen, Bad cannstatt-Ost, Stammheim, Heumaden, Stuttgart-Nord)
• 1990 First conducted Radio Symfonieorchestera Stuttgart: New Music (Musik Kommentiert)Conducted Westfälisches Sinfonie Orchester (Rigoletto)
• 1991 Conducted Mecklenburg Staatsorchester (Figaro) and Englich Baroque Soloists (Entführung)Studies at the Filmacademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg (Graduation: 93)
• 1992 Conducted Hamm-Sinfonie-Orchester; The first conductor for the Filmmusik in Stuttgart and Karlsruhe (live and recording); July-menbers in International Composition Competition in Murcia/Spain; Conducted Orquesta de la Region Murcia; Study with Prof. Karlheinz Stockhausen with Ensemble Modern Frankfurt
• 1993 Theater job as Chorusmaster for Aida, get the labour permission in EU; Debüt as Conductor for New Music at the Philharmonie in Berlin; Assistant with Prof. Hans Zender in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Salzburg v1994 Conducted Nürnberger Sinfoniker (Trovatore)/ Activity of Gamelan Music Group in Stuttgart; Studies at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt untill 97 (Komposition and Conducting : Hans Zender and Hans-Dieter Rösch) v1995 Conducted Ensemble New Music Paris (Stockhausen); Portrait Concert I in Stuttgart
• 1996 Conducted Preußesche Philharmoniker; Activity with Performance-Group and Eurythmie in Stuttgart
• 1997 Musical Direction at the Musik-Theater of Tredichin in Stuttgart; Portrait Concert II in Stuttgart with Improvisation (Vl, Vc, Leier, Schlagzeug) Conducted Italia Symphony Orchestra
• 1998 Portrait Concert III in Horb/Germany, conducted Lisboa Philharmony Orchestra
• 1999 conducted Lisboa Symphony Orchestra
• 2000 lives in Wester Wald / Germany as Conductor and Composer/ Pianist
• 2001 conducted South Italian Orchestra
• 2002 first guest conductor at Uzbekistan National Philharmonie for New Music and Opera

AWARDS and INVITATIONS

• 25 International Composititon and Conducting Prizes
  (78:Fukushima Inter-Hi and Fukushima-Schogyo-Sanka#; 85, 87# and 88: Nagoya Cultur Priz; 90 Trento Orchestra Competition and Pontarlier International Conducting Competition#; 91: Murcia/Spain Orchestra Composition Concour#; 93: Cloppenburg Kultur Preis für Chorkomposition# and Blekede Europa Festival; 95: Baden-Württemberg Tonkünstler Fest; 96:Bonn Hornquartett Composing Competition 2nd Priz and Neuchatel International Choruscomposition Competition 2nd Pris; 97: Boswil Inertnational solo Instrument Composition Competition, Fellbach Weinmusik Priz# and Oldenburg Chorus Composition Competition 2.Platz/BRD; 98:Mexico International Composition Competition and Sofia Piano Music Competition; 99: Balingen International Tanzglockenspiel Competition#/Germany; 2000:Quebec/Canada French Chorus Conposition Concour 2nd Pris and Paris/Composition concour;2001:FMW Composition Prize in Melborne / Australia and Bologna / Italy, Cantus Ensemble in Croatia #; 2002 Kirchenmusik Hoftrompeter-Mayrhofer-Preis in Passau/Germany): #=1st prize
• 15 Fellowships and Bursaries (75/Fukushima Minpo; 80/81/82/84.Tokyo:Asahi, Tokyo; 88/92*/96*Darmstadt Ferienkurse; 90: Pforzheim Isang Yun; 92: Berlin Sommerkurse; 94: Kunstsiftung Baden-Wüttemberg and Boswil Luzern; 95: Krems Neue Musik and Brahmshaus in Baden-Baden; 96: Blonay Luzern)*= Conducting and Piano
• 12 Seminars and/or private Lessons with Great Composers
  (87: Luigi Nono, Ligeti and Boulez;90: Xenakis; 90+91: John Cage; 90+92: Isang Yun;91:Dieter de la Motte;92~96: Klaus Huber; 95:La Monte Young and James Tenny)
• 12 Guest appearences at Festivals for New Music
  (88,90,92 and 96: Darmstadt; 90: Pforzheim; 91: Dotternhausen; 92: Frankfurt and Berlin; 94 and 96 : Luzern; 95: Stein; 97 and 98: Dettenhausen)
• 17 times Visiting and studing with great conductors
  (89-99:Helmuth Rilling; 90: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild;87-92: Sergiu Celibidache; 88/91: John-Eliot Gardiner; 92/96 Peter Eötvös; 95 Peter Gürke and Christian Kluttig; 99: Sir Colin Davis in London)
• 12 times Tournee-Project
  (90:Weimar, Erfurt; 91:Tokyo/Stralsund, Zingst; 92: Murcia, Cieza, Cartagena, Torre Pacheco; 97: Aulendorf, Weingarten, Bad Schussebried, Gutenzell; 98: Alcoy and Lleida in Spain, Napoule and Paris en France, 2002, in Göttingen, Basel, Gosler, Lahnstein)
• 4 Seminars for Composers: 1997 in Switzerland; 1998 and 1999 in Fukushima, 2000 Napoule

WVE-Numbers for acoustic instrument as composer: ca.210
E-Numbers for electric music: ca.10
L-Numbers for Live-Electronic music: 2
Arrangements for WVE: ca.100
Normal Arrangements: ca.10

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