He was born in Canberra, Australia. He studied with professors Max McBride and Boersma Kees. He obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from the Sydney Conservatorium. In 2000, he moved to Berlin on a scholarship to study at the Karajan Academy, the Orchestral Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, where he received lessons from Klaus Stoll. He was Assistant Soloist of double basses with the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Eager to continue his studies, he returned to Berlin to study at the Hanns Eisler School of Music, with double bassist Esko Laine. During this period, he joined the Ensemble Modern chamber group, where he remained for three years.
He then went on to hold the position of principal double bass in the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the German Symphony Orchestra of Berlin. He has also appeared as a guest with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the London Symphony Orchestra. Currently, he is the principal double bass of the Berlin Philharmonic.
He regularly performs as a chamber musician. These include the Music at Plush Chamber Music Festival, the Zagreb (KOM) festival and the Winchester festival. He is also a regular guest at the International Musicians Seminar in Prussia Cove. As a soloist, he premiered “Erinnere dich an G” by Klaus Huber under the direction of Heinz Holliger, and “Sudelbücher des G.C. Lichtenberg” by György Kurtag, with soprano Salomé Kammer. He has given masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Yale University and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
He has also taught at the Young German Philharmonic and has been a member of the jury of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb.