By the age of 4 Florian began taking private lessons and by the time he graduated from high school he had participated in both classical and jazz ensembles, winning 1st place competition prizes as an ensemble member and as a soloist and had the opportunity to tour as a soloist with the Russian Philharmonic.

In 1999 won a stipend to study abroad at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Florian studied with John Taylor, JoAnne Brackeen, Paul Bley, and Richie Beirach. Since 2001, Florian won the Steinway & Sons prize at the Montreaux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition and the Gotrian Steinweg prize of Weimar, performed with Albert Mangelsdorff, Eddy Henderson, Lee Konitz and Benny Bailey and completed his studies at Berklee.

With his group Minsarah and other projects he toured in America, all over Europe and Japan and played with various philharmonic orchestras performing piano concertos like the “Rapsody in Blue” but also contemporary works. Just recently he signed a record contract with Enja Records.

The New York radio WKZE says, “ fresh and world class”.