- Born 1954 Emeljanovo / U.S.S.R.
- Organ, harpsichord and church-music studies (organ with Gisbert Schneider, harpsichord with Iwona Salling) at Folkwang College, Essen (Germany) and further studies with Ewald Kooiman in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- 1977: Winner of the Folkwang Prize
- 1977: Prize winner of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Wiesbaden
- 1979: Scholarship award from the German Music Council in connection with the German Music Competition in Bonn
- 1979: Prize winner from the Cultural Section of the Federal Alliance for German Industry in Ottobeuren
- 1977 to 2002: Instructor in organ, University of Essen
- Since 1979, organist and choir-master at the Old Church in Essen-Kray
- 1984: Inauguration of the supraregional significant Führer-Orgel (built according to North German and French examples, modified Werckmeister 3-temperament)
- Active international concert career in Germany, Netherlands, Hungary Sweden, Italy, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, France, Israel, Russia, Canada and United States
- Instructor in many organ courses, seminars and workshops
- 1990 to 1994: organization and leadership of the Ruhr-Region Organ Academy
- Radio, LP and CD Recordings
- Guy Bovet, Peter Planyavsky and Jon Laukvik dedicated him compositions for organ
