Born 1981 in Vienna.
A former member of the Vienna Boys Choir, he attended the Vienna Musikgymnasium and subsequently recieved a diploma in composition & music theory (Mag. art.) with distinction at the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 2005, where he studied with Michael Jarrell, Dietmar Schermann, Detlev Müller-Siemens, and Wolfgang Suppan.
His master´s thesis is about Luigi Nono´s piano piece „…sofferte onde serene…“ and his compositions have been performed at Festival MUSICA Strasbourg, Ensemblia Mönchengladbach, Wiener Festwochen, and Alte Schmiede Wien, among others. His piece, „Nachzeichnung“, was awarded both the German Förderpreis der Landesmusikakademie NRW and the Austrian Sonderpreis of the Wiener Musikseminar 2004. One of his main areas of specialization is instrumentation and arrangement.
In 2015 he finished his law studies (Mag. iur.) and, after being assistant at the Institute of Roman Law and Ancient Legal History of the University of Vienna, he completed his doctoral studies (Dr. iur.) with distinction and with a thesis on Roman Private Law.
He completed internships and worked at institutions such as the Austrian Cultural Forum (New York City), Clifford Chance (Frankfurt/Main), Klangforum Wien and VIDA-Latin Art Studio (Vienna). He participated in the 2nd International Roman law moot court competition (Kavala/Greece) as a member of the Viennese team (2nd prize). In January 2014 he gave a lecture at Chinese University (Hong Kong) about „The variety of European polyphonic theories before appearing in China“.
In 2020, he completed his court practice, which covered areas including civil law, criminal law, and labour and social law. From 2020 to 2025, Dominik worked at mdw as a jurist in the field of university and academic policy. In this role, he was responsible for the legal texts relating to academic policy, as well as for the mdw’s curricula.
Since October 2025, Dominik has been working full-time at mdw as a Senior Lecturer in Historical Counterpoint and Harmonics (16th–20th centuries) for the degree programmes in Composition, Music Theory, and Tonmeister Studies.