Prizes & awards
1983 | 1st prize in the composition competition for orchestral works from the city of Vaihingen / Enz |
1984 | art prize of the city of Filderstadt |
1985 | Scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Culture (Monbusho) Award at the 8th International Composition Competition "Valentino Bucchi", Rome (Italy) |
1986 | Awarded a study visit to the "Künstlerhaus Boswil" (Switzerland) on the occasion of the 9th International Composition Competition |
1987 | 2nd prize at the international composition competition "Ensemblia" of the city of Mönchengladbach |
1988 | Selected for the "Forum of Young German Composers, Berlin" 1st prize at the 6th International Composition Competition Turin (Italy) Award at the 8th International Composition Competition "Valentino Bucchi", Rome (Italy) 2nd prize at the international composition competition of the "Ensemblia" of the city of Mönchengladbach |
1989 | Composition Prize of the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg in the composition competition for choral works. Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation |
1990 | "Musica Viva" sponsorship award, Pforzheim, on the occasion of the Baden-Württemberg State Art Weeks Promotion Prize for the International Composition Competition "Pro Loco Corciano", Perugia (Italy) Award at the 11th International Composition Prize "Valentino Bucchi", Rome (Italy) |
1991 | Composition Prize from the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg Award at the composition competition for new choral works Spittal / Drau 2nd Göttingen Portrait Day (composer portrait of the city of Göttingen, the state of Lower Saxony and the NDR) |
1992 | 1st prize at the international composition competition "Pro Loco Corciano", Perugia (Italy) Composition prize of the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg in the competition for choral and orchestral works |
1996 | European RTA Prize, Kassel |
1998 | Commissioned for the German Lutheran Church Congress 1999 in Stuttgart |
1999 | Commissioned by the state capital Stuttgart for the year 2000 |
2002 | In recognition of the artistic achievements in church music, the "Church Music Composition Prize" of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the Lutheran Church in Baden, the Lutheran Church in Württemberg and the State of Baden-Württemberg by Regional Bishop Gerhard Maier |
World premiere of the oratorio "CREDO" in Stuttgart | |
2011 | 1st prize at the 6th International Composition Competition of the City of Saarlouis |
2013 | Award at the 5th German Music Festival in Chemnitz with the special prize of the GEMA Foundation and the Federal Association of German Music Associations (BDMV) |
2014 | 2nd prize at the 3rd international composition competition "Uuno Klami" (Finland) |
2015 | "Artist in Residence" at Aichi University of Arts and Music, Nagoya (Japan) |