• Born 1971 in Freckenhorst Nordrhein-Westfalen/Germany
• Study at the Amsterdamse Hoogeschool voor den Kunsten/Netherlands
• 1999 moved to Osnabrück-Niedersachsen/Germany
• since 2000 Drummer of The Blues Company
• Drummer of Don Kurdelius And The Mindless Orchestra
• Drummer of Soulscapes
• Drumteacher at Schule für Musik im Kreis Warendorf
• Drumteacher at Musikschule Stadt Rheine
• Private Drumlessons and Workshops
• Recording Sessions and Gigs with Blues Company, Don Kurdelius And The Mindless Orchestra, Kdur, Svenson, Spoon, Christian Steiffen, , NDR Big Band, Big Daddy Wilson, Magic Boogieduo, Die Anwohner, Guttapercha, Sad But True, Big Bones …
• Furthermore Gigs with, Tommy Schneller, Rob Morbioli + Justina Lee Brown, Big Daddy Wilson, Angela Brown, Zed Mitchel, Supercharge, Working Blues Band, Sugar & Cream, Brazzz, Michael van Merwyk, Reverend Hardy And The Hardons…
• Played also Musical- and Theatershows Anatevka, Scrooge, La Piccola Banda, Oh zo swaar oh zo licht , Das Konzert, Filmriß, Notti Night…
• 2013 nominated as best Drummer by the German Blues Award

"It is always a great fun to play the Murat Diril Cymbals because they swing by themselves!"