Violin lessons from the age of six.
From 1982 violin studies with Gudrun Schaumann, Julliard graduate and master student of Dorothy DeLay and Nathan Milstein. 1992-95 Jazz studies in at Berklee College of Music. Bass studies with Bruce Gertz, Dave Clark, Paul del Nero, Richard Appleman. Improvisation with Hal Crook, Herb Pomeroy, Edward Tomassi. Contemporary Composition with Ludmila Ulehla.1997 Master of Music Degree Manhattan School of Music, New York.