Training:

Began studying percussion at the age of 6, at the National Conservatory of Nice with Rodolphe Palumbo.
1988: National Conservatory of Versailles. First prize in percussion, studied with Sylvio Gualda.
1989-90: Honor+ Perfection prizes at the Conservatory of Versailles.
1991-93: Higher studies Diploma from the Music University of Freiburg in Germany. Studied with Bernhardt Wulff, Taijiro Miyazaki and Robert Van Sice
1995: Soloist degree at the Music University in Freiburg.

Soloist activities:

Recitals: France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Ukraine, Mongolia and South America (Argentina, Uruguay and Chile).
Close collaboration with numerous composers, creators of many pieces for percussion namely: 1995: the concerto "Battements" by the Swiss composer Hans Ulrich Lehmann with the Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra, 1998: the piece "Pakikisama" for 20 musicians and percussion soloist by the Philipino composer Alan Hilario created with the ensemble "Musik der Jahrhunderte" of Stuttgart.
Recordings for the radio: the RDS in Switzerland, the WDR, HR. SWR in Germany, the ORF in Austria, Radio France, the RAI in Italy, the BBC in Great Britain…. and for CD’s: BMG-RCA, ECM, Wergo,Neos.
June 2005 Concerts: Buffalo (USA) with the vibraphone solo by Philippe Manoury, Freiburg, Germany with the piece entitled "Pakikisama" for ensemble and percussion solo by Alan Hilario.
Januar 2006 first peformance of a tripleconcerto for saxophone, piano, percussion and orchestra by the German composer Niklaus Brass with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
Februar 2006 member of the Jury at the International Marimba Competition in Taiwan, concerts and masterclasses in Taiwan.
April 2006 first performance of "Phosphor", a concerto for percussion and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Schöllhorn with the orchestra of the "Basel Sinfonieta". Concerts in Bern and Basel in Switzerland and Freiburg in Germany.
October 2006 concerts in Liège and at the Musica Festival in Strasbourg with the percussion concerto "Phosphor", together with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège.
2007: solo concerts in Versailles (February), in Taiwan (July), in Paris at: Journées de la Percussion (November).