ichael was born in Steyr, Austria in 1979. At the age of six he showed great interest in classical music and started to take violin lessons. Throughout the years he developed a particular interest in composing orchestral music.
Soon he began to read all books he could find about composing and studied as much musical material as possible. Searching for help and more knowledge he later became student of Lyle Murphy’s renowned Equal Interval System with David Blumberg. Michael took courses at the Berklee College of Music and participated in many workshops and seminars with Donald J. Williams, Academy Award nominated composer Bruce Broughton, David Arnold, Harald Kloser, Nicholas Dodd, Dimitrie Leivici and others. Until today he worked on compositions and arragements for movies, computer games and commercials e.g. for Samsung, Porsche, Pepsi, Red Bull and Sony. Michael also composes for hollywood based music libraries like Spidercues.
Besides his musical activities, Michael holds a Master’s degree in Mechatronics.