I was born in Austria and grew up near the Hungarian border in an small village called Pilgersdorf. From an early age on I was fascinated by live music, animals that were smaller than me and my aunts amazing camera.
Looking back, there were a few people who brought drastic changes to my life and one of them was “Uncle Josef”, a retired master tailor who introduced me to music and taught me enough so that I could play in a dance band at the age of just 17.
When it was time to join the army, I auditioned and got accepted into the army band which would eventually lay the foundation for a youth orchestra in my home town.
Then tragedy struck when Mr. Schermann was diagnosed with cancer and passed away soon after! This too was a life changing event for me because I was asked to play the church organ like Mr. Schermann did.
Reluctantly I accepted and with the help of Mr. OSR Wiesinger, a retired principal who played the organ when I was little, I’ve managed to accompany the choir as well as begin to study music in Oberpullendorf with Professor Stefan Kocsis who was a close friend or Mr. Wiesinger and a magnificent pianist!
During those years, I founded a youth orchestra which was a difficult task but very rewwarding! The orchestra was immediately popular and celebreated its 20th birthday in the fall of 2005.
I was pleased to see the fruits of my labor and share the memories with old(er) friends and former band members.

1988 – Immigration to Canada …

Some people like to be big fish in an small pond and others like to be small fish in an big pond. I consider myself part of the later group and therefore left Austria at the age of 24 to follow my dream and start a new life in Canada. Someone very smart once told me that “a ship was not built for the harbour, but for the sea”!
How time flies … it’s 2010 and I have seen much of the magnificent country, learned ton of new stuff and experienced unbelievable things but above all, met some fascinating people who I am privileged to call friends! Last year, our dad passed away which taught me that life is actually very short and therefore one must choose and plan carefully for time is precious!

I have just finished BCIT and am currently working on my next brain child, an on-line music school for those who don’t have access to a music teacher

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August 28th, 2010
2010 proves to be another amazing year! I started a new job working in the trade show business under the wings of an smart man from whom I can learn a lot!
Even more amazing, I married Angelina my soul mate! Like me, Angelina is European and we have a lot in common. We had a beautiful ceremony and I was especially pleased that my brother came all the way from Austria to take part in the celebration.