He studied composition and conducting at Cologne’s Hochschule für Musik, where he has been a lecturer since 1995. His conducting work focuses first and foremost on 20th- and 21st-century music. He has collaborated with, among others, Helmut Lachenmann, Mauricio Kagel, Klaus Huber, Nicolaus A. Huber, as well as groups such as Ensemble Modern and the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie. He has guest conducted Oper Köln, Schauspiel Köln, WDR Rund- funkorchester Köln, the Bochumer Symphoniker, oh ton-Ensemble, and Doelenensemble. For many years he has collaborated with E-MEX, with which he prepares both world premieres and new interpretations of 20th-century masterpieces.