Born in a familiy full of musicians the first influence during his childhood was his father, who played clarinet and became a musical director. In the age of seven Rainer´s own wish was to begin playing an instrument by getting teached. The brass instrument was bigger then the child. Instead of learning for school, time was used for playing pieces, sometimes even own created ones. At the same time he became a member of a brass band together with his sister. Once a year the brass band toured in countrys like Italy or Greece. At this time you could see that he could play all pieces pretty fast and even without note sheets.

The next step in his career was the decision attending the school of the world famous boys-choir "The Cathedral Sperrows of Regensburg". His Master of the Music became Georg Ratzinger, the brother of the pope Benedict, the 16. He saw his talent in singing and creativity in composing small pieces of music. During this time Rainer enjoyed a fully classical education in piano, singing classes, voice training and music theory like counterpoint and harmonics.

The next step in his music career after his graduation was to play in a rockband as a keyboardplayer and singer. Already at this time he composed all the songs and you could see his handwriting. At this time he felt in love with film composers like Vladimir Cosma, Bernard Herrmann, Francis Lai and Jerry Goldsmith. All the arrangements were already high in technical level of difficulty. The band became more and more famous in the country. But he left when he had the feeling his life had to change. Rainer went to the States of America for a year, getting his brain his creativity rearranged. He knew that composing or playing rock music or classical music it self would not be the completion.

The combination in both would be the one he was seeking for. And when he became an offer to compose music for Shakespear´s Midsummer Night´s Dream, he knew this would be the way he always wanted to go. This compostion was in a way his first score. He started to take classes in composing and conducting to improve and refine his style....