ABOUT
Music at the centre. Curiosity everywhere else.
01 — THE STARTING POINT
Music has always been the centre.
I am a bassoonist, orchestral musician and teacher based in Munich. Most of my professional life revolves around music: performing, rehearsing, teaching and continuing to understand an instrument that still raises new questions after many years.
As Principal Bassoon of the Bavarian State Orchestra, I spend much of my time in the orchestra pit and on the concert stage. Teaching adds another perspective: explaining ideas often reveals things about playing that performing alone does not.
02 — HOW I THINK
Understanding changes the way I work.
I like knowing why something works.
Whether it is an instrument, a technical system or an unfamiliar procedure, I tend to become interested in what is happening underneath the surface.
That curiosity often leads beyond the immediate task: reading, experimenting, building, testing and occasionally taking things apart. Understanding a system does not make it less fascinating. Usually, it makes it more so.
Precision and curiosity.
They are useful in music. It turns out they are useful almost everywhere else too.
03 — BEYOND MUSIC
Different worlds. Similar questions.
01
AVIATION
Flying combines procedure, technology and judgement in a way I find endlessly interesting. Instrument flying in particular turns preparation and precision into something very practical.
02
MAKING
I enjoy building things — electronics, software and physical objects — especially when an idea has to survive the transition from a screen to the real world.
03
EXPLORATION
Diving and travel offer a different kind of perspective: unfamiliar environments, different rhythms and the experience of seeing ordinary things from somewhere else.
04
CURIOSITY
The common thread is curiosity: learning enough about something to see it differently.
04 — AVIATION
Another kind of precision.
Flying began as something completely separate from music. Over time, I started noticing familiar patterns: preparation, attention, decision-making and the need to remain flexible when reality differs from the plan.
Instrument flying makes this especially clear. Complex situations become manageable by understanding systems, following procedures and knowing which information matters at a particular moment.
05 — PERSPECTIVE
Different disciplines.The same curiosity.
Learning how something works changes the way you see it.
Music · Teaching · Aviation · Making · Exploration