- Professor at the Munich University of music, Germany;
- Professor at the Mozarteum University, Salzburg, Austria;
- Doctor of Music Science;
- Doctor h. c. at the Pancho Vladigerov State Academy of music – Sofia, Bulgaria;
- At age of 20, he accepted the position of solo timpanist at the Munich Philharmonic under S. Celibidache;
- Has recorded more than 15 solo CD’s;
- Has worked with the world’s most influential conductors, such as L. Bernstein, S. Osawa, L. Maasel, Z. Mehta, D. Barenboim;
- Artistic director of the Les museiques festival, Basel, Switzerland;
- Endorser for a wide range of percussion instruments;
- Composer, arranger, scientist;