Tobias Kassung

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Tobias Kassung (born 1977) is a German classical guitarist and composer. He studied with Prof. Hubert Käppel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln and continued his studies with Simon Dinnigan at the UCE Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and with Antigoni Goni at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles. He is founder and Artistic Director of the Cologne Classical Ensemble. Since 2005 he is appointed lecturer in guitar at the University of Cologne. He has released several recordings, his concerts have been broadcasted on TV and radio stations, e. g. ARD, WDR, HR, Bayrische Rundfunk and SWR. As soloist and together with the Cologne Classical Ensemble, the Astor Trio, soprano Anna Prohaska and oboist Cornelius Finke his concerts have led him through Europe, the United States, South America, Japan and Australia.