Biography

Tours (extract)

East-Africa (Madagascar, Mauritius, Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Zambia): Rose Hill/Mauritius, Cairo Opera House
Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Portland): Syndey Domain Park Jazz Festival, Montsalvat Jazz Festival Melbourne with Jiggs Whigham, Melbourne with Nat Adderley and Don Burrows as soloists.
Hungary (Budapest): Hall of the Liszt Academy and council chamber together with the Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budapest and guest vocalist Sylvia Vrethammar, Jazz events at Szeged and Miskolc
Southeast Asia (Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia): Botanical garden Singapur "Concerts in the Park", Town Hall Saigon, Regent Hotel Kuala Lumpur
Romania (Sinaia, Bukarest, Craiova, Valcea, Sibiu): Concert in Craiova together with the philharmonic orchestra Oltenia - Jazz at the Philharmonic with two orchestras
South America (Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay) with concerts in San Juan, Mendoza, Montevideo, Canoas, Belo Horizonte, La Paz, Sao Paolo, Valparaiso and Santiago
Poland (Wielkopolska): Big Band Festivals in Nowy Tomysl with soloist Madeline Bell
France (Mairie du Toulouse, "Cour Mably" and Palais de la Bourse in Bordeaux, L 'Hotel de Beauharnais, Paris)
Russia (Engels and Saratov) Year of German culture in Russia: Jazzfestival Wolga
Canada (Winnipeg, Medicine Hat, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Moose Jaw and Montreal) Stage appearances at some of the most important jazz festivals worldwide: International Jazzfestival of Vancouver: Gastown Steamclock Stage, Montreal Jazz Festival: main open-air stage at the world's biggest jazz festival, Joint concerts with Dee Daniels, Steve Kirby und Joey DeFrancesco
Japan (Aichi, Tokyo, Kusatsu, Osaka und Kyoto) Cultural programme "Germany in Japan": World Expo 2005 in Aichi, Roppongi Hills in Tokyo: Joint stage appearances with the Japanese jazz star Dr. Kazutoki Umezu, Ritsumeikan University Kusatsu, Opera House Osaka, Kyoto Eki
Lithuania (Klaipéda): International XIV Klaipéda Castle Jazz Festival