Born 1943 in Wels, Upper Austria. Initial training on the organ under Hedwig Ebermann and composition under Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter. He studied at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg. Organ and composition under Josef Friedrich Doppelbauer, piano under Hedaliese von Haupt-Stummer, cello under Georg Weigl. He studied musicology at the University of Innsbruck. 1978 appointment to university professor, since 2000 chairman of the Department of Conducting, Composition and Musical Theory, chairman of the senate of the University at Mozarteum in Salzburg. 29.04.06 in Hallstatt 14.06.06 in Hallstatt