Bern 1995-1999
Piano and Organ Studies (Church Music B – Bachelor), Bern College of Music and Theater
Organ with Philippe Laubscher, Piano with Michael Studer
Lausanne 1998-1999
Solo Organ Studies with Jean-Christophe Geiser at Lausanne Conservatory
Basel 1999-2001
Study of historical performance practice, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Major: Organ with Jean-Claude Zehnder, Major: Harpsichord with Andrea Marcon
Zurich/Winterthur 2000-2004
Choral Direction and Organ Studies (Church Music A – Master), Winterthur-Zurich College of
Music, Major: Choral Direction with Beat Schäfer, Major: Concert Organ class of Stefan J. Bleicher, and Rudolf Scheidegger
Lucerne 2001-2004
Graduate Studies in Orchestral Direction (Master), Lucerne College of Music, Orchestral Direction: Class of Thüring Bräm, Sylvia Caduff and Andrew Dunscombe
Vienna/Graz 2004-2006
Postgraduate Studies, Conducting with Prof. Johannes Prinz at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz
1998 Teaching Certificate Organ
1999 Teaching Certificate Piano
2002 Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
2003 Concert Degree Organ
2004 Degree for Choral Direction
2004 Honors and Degree for Orchestral Direction
2006 Postgraduate Conducting „with honors“
2011 Award of distinction from the Foundation Kurt und Barbara Alten
2010 Advancement award with the boy choir from the Regional Bank of Solothurn
2009 Pro Wartenfels Prize for engagement with the Buchsgau Chamber Choir Award of distinction music from the governing council
2005 Study award for Orchestral Direction from the Swiss Association of Sound Artists and the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation
2004 Study award for Orchestral Direction from the Swiss Association of Sound Artists and the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation International Competition for Young Conductors in Vienna: Ferdinand Grossman award for the best interpretation of a work by the old masters Advancement award of the Swiss Choral Society
1998 Advancement award from the Regional Bank of Solothurn