 He made his debut at the age of seventeen as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, and in 1964 and 1965 he was invited to the Marlboro Festival where he participated in the master classes of Pablo Casals and performed with Rudolf Serkin as well as with other prominent artists.After graduating from the Harvard University he went on to study harmony and composition with Nadia Boulanger.He furthered his cello studies with Antonio Janigro and soon became his assistant in both Stuttgart and Salzburg, then his successor in Stuttgart, and since 1991 he has been teaching at the High School of Music in Heidelberg/ Mannheim.