Born and raised in Vienna Austria . Learned

to play the accordion with 10 years.

Studied with Prof.Walter Maurer renown accordionteacher and Judge at World championships for Accordionists.

Married in 1982 and settled in Arlington VA

2 grown children.

Prof. Accordionist and Teacher since 1993

and currently playing at the Cafe Mozart in Washington DC, at the Euro Bistro in Herndon VA and the reopend Old Stein Inn in

Edgewater Maryland in Sept and October 2011.