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Born in 1922. He was a substitute member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra since he was in the Leipzig Conservatory and was a member of the Linz Empire Bruckner Orchestra during the Second World War. He was a lecturer at Weimar Music University from 1946 and became a professor in 1946. In 1951, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra First Concert Master, at the same time became a professor of the alma mater. From 55 years as Gewandhaus Orchestra First Concert Master, String Quartet No. 1 violinist, he performed with Convychney and his former conductor and international soloists until retirement in 1987.

In 1962 he founded the Gewandhaus Bach Orchestra and is active as a soloist and conductor. He first came to Japan in 1961. In 1980, he founded the Kirishima International Music Festival and was in charge of mentoring younger generations. He has been a visiting professor at Tokyo University of the Arts since 1994, and has since lived in Japan to devote himself to conducting. He has made guest appearances with the Gewandhaus Orchestra and major orchestras of the Japan, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Since their first meeting with New Japan Philharmonic in 1990, they have performed together regularly at Casals Hall, including the Ninth, the Matthew Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Complete Beethoven Symphony. In 1998, he became conductor Chief Kobe City Chamber Ensemble, and in 2000 he was appointed as Music Director. From the same year New Japan PhilharmonicPrincipal Guest Conductor , Music Advisor in 2002. Since 2004, he has also served as conductor of the Tokyo University of the Arts Chamber Orchestra. His European performance with the orchestra in 2006 was highly acclaimed. In 2009, he was welcomed into the Music Director of the Japan Academy Philharmonic.

He has awarded the German Democratic Republic State Prize, the Leipzig City Nixux Award and Art Prize, the Federal Republic's First Order of the Cross the Medal, the Music Critic Club Special Award in Japan, the Exxon Mobil Music Award, etc. . In 11 years he was appointed an honorary member of Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

New music with the New Japan Philharmonic "Brahms: Symphony No. 2" was announced in 2009 and attracted attention.

In February 2012, a long sleep (90 years old at the age of happiness). With the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, the door to the 13th New Classic held in May 2011 was the last collaboration.

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