Tobias Schirmer

born in Freiburg in the black forest in the south of Germany. Surrounded by a very musical family he started playing viola and piano at an early age. It was until he started playing the saxophone as a teenager when he began taking practicing serious though. Very soon he had success at classical competitions but turned to playing and listening to jazz and improvised music.

He studied at the prestigious Hochschule für Musik in Berlin where he has lived ever since, working in various projects ranging from free improvised music to more conventional things. He has toured several countries in Germany as well as Japan.