Saxophonist and Composer internationally well-known in the Jazz and Crossover Music scenes. Originating from New Zealand where he won the prestigious Young Achievers Award, he studied music in Germany with a DAAD scholarship, and later in India and Japan. His compositions have been recorded by BBC and by WDR radio and as an instrumentalist he has released several albums. He has created the music for several of Rebecca Horn’s recent installations, most of which are touring the world, and is now one of the foremost lecturers on her work. As a soloist as has appeared with the WDR Big Band and WDR Symphony Orchestra. Born 1975 in Otahuhu and raised in New Plymouth, New Zealand, he has since performed at major festivals throughout the world, toured with numerous groups such as root70, Pluramon, and Burnt Friedman/Jaki Liebezeit (ex-Can) and been invited as a guest lecturer and teacher at the Hamburg and Cologne Universities. As a speaker he has recorded and performed several projects around the work of James Joyce and has collaborated with Musikfabrik He gives yearly masterclasses in Volos, Greece and currently lives in Barcelona and Cologne.