He was born in Zagreb (Croatia) in 1962, where he began his musical studies. He later entered the Academy of Music in Detmold (Germany), where he graduated as a soloist.
He won first prizes at the international competitions of Ancona (1979, Italy) and the ARD in Munich (Germany, 1983), which led him to numerous music festivals in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe, such as the Music and Academy Encounter of Santander (Spain).
Between 1982 and 1990 he was principal horn of the Berlin Radio Orchestra. As a soloist he has performed with orchestras such as the Berlin and Bavarian Radio Orchestras, BBC of London, English Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Camerata Academica of the Mozarteum of Salzburg, Yomiuri Orchestra, Tokyo Orchestra and NHK Orchestra. As a chamber musician he has performed with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Heinz Holliger, Gidon Kremer, Aurèle Nicolet and András Schiff, among others.
In addition to his career as an artist, he has developed a very important academic work. Between 1992 and 1998 he was professor of horn at the Stuttgart University of Music, and since then he has been at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. Since the 2000-2001 academic year he has been Professor of the Horn Department of the ”la Caixa” Foundation at the Reina Sofía School of Music and is also a professor in the Wind Department of the International Institute of Chamber Music of Madrid.