 In 2004 he became winner of the XII Concurso Internacional de Piano Maria Campina in Faro, Portugal.He studied with Michail Markov at the Twente Music School, the Van Zweden School of Music and Enschede Conservatory.Subsequently, he had masterclasses with, amongst others, Menahem Pressler, Jerome Rose, Ton Hartsuiker, Mitsuko Uchida, and Leslie Howard.