He is a timpanist born in Gmund, Austria wo studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz.
In 2002 he became a member of the Gottingen Symphony Orchestra as the first solo timpanist and in 2005 he founded the German-Austrian chamber ensemble Blue Chamber Quartet.
In 2007 he became a member of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and he has worked as a guest musician at the Salzburg Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Festival and with many Austrian and German orchestras that include the Gewendhausorchester Leipzig,the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dusseldorf/Duisburg, Frankfurt Opera, NDR Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Philharmonic.
He has also been a member of the ensemble Piano Meets Percussion often on the vibraphone.
Recordings he has been heard on include First Impressions and Children’s Songs by Blue Chamber Quartet and Pictures from an Exhibition and Gershwin with Piano Meets Percussion.
Sources:
- https://www.wienersymphoniker.at/de/orchester/die-wiener-symphoniker#106980
- http://www.pianomeetspercussion.at/vitae.html
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blue-chamber-quartet-mn0002382578/biography
- https://www.discogs.com/ru/artist/2870888-Blue-Chamber-Quartet
- https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thomas-schindl-mn0002397572