Tobias Hoffmann
Tobias Hoffmann was born in Göppingen (Germany) in 1988 and discovered his passion for music and the saxophone during his high school years. From 2008 until 2010 he studied at the University for Music, Drama and Media in Hanover and from 2010 at the Prins Claus Conservatorium Groningen (Netherlands), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in June 2013. After that he started his studies in Jazz Composition and Arrangement at the Musik und Kunst Universität Wien (Austria), where he graduated with distinction in 2018. At the same time he studied Jazz Saxophone at the Musik und Kunst Universität Wien (Austria) and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) with distinction in 2015.
Besides working on his own projects, Tobias Hoffmann is a sought-after sideman, composer and arranger for a wide variety of lineups and styles. Concert tours have taken him to several European countries. He has played with musicians such as Bob Mintzer, Joe Gallardo, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Paul Kuhn, John Clayton, and Benny Golson.
In 2019, he released the album “Retrospective” with his Tobias Hoffmann Nonet. In 2022 the album “Conspiracy” with his Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra followed. Both productions were received very positively by the national and international press.
Between 2005, when he started performing, and 2016, he won a few national and international awards while playing in different formations. Among those were a second prize at the “Jugend Jazzt” competition 2007 of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, a first award (cum laude) at the competition of the International European Music Festival 2011 in Neerpelt (Belgium) and a first award at the “Euroregio Big Band Contest 2013“ in Enschede (Netherlands).
Since 2016 some of his compositions have been awarded prizes at various competitions worldwide. Among them are awards by the “American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers“ in Los Angeles (USA) or the “Downbeat Magazine“ (USA).