Tobias Kassung

Kassung Tobias (born 1 October 1977 in Koblenz ) is a German classical guitarist.

He studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Prof. Hubert Käppel and continued his studies at Simon Dinnigan at UCE Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and Antigoni Goni at the Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles continued.

He is the founder and artistic director of the Cologne Classical Ensemble. From 2005 to 2008 he was a lecturer at the University of Cologne. With Hubert Käppel he founded in 2009 with KSG Exaudio a label for guitar music. Together with the violinist Alexander Prushinskiy and bassist Stanislav Anischenko it forms the Astor Trio. Concerts as a soloist, with the Cologne Classical Ensemble, the Astor Trio and Duo in various line-ups took him through Europe, the U.S., South America, Japan, Australia and the Arabian Peninsula. Recordings he released by Sony Classical and KSG Exaudio. Recordings of his concerts and compositions have been transferred among others, ARD, WDR, HR, Bayerischer Rundfunk and SWR. His arrangements and compositions have been published by Tonos (Darmstadt) and KSG Edition ( Cologne).

Discography

  • Astor Trio: Bach & Piazzolla (2012 ) KSG Exaudio 67025
  • Tobias Kassung: Five Centuries (2009) KSG Exaudio 67009
  • Cologne Classical Ensemble: Astor Piazzolla " Las Estaciones Porteñas " (2008) Sony Classical 98723
  • Cologne Classical Ensemble: Grieg, Mozart, Rodrigo and Saint -Saëns (2008) KSG Classics 67002
  • Cologne Classical Ensemble: Astor Piazzolla (2006) KSG Classics 67001
  • Cologne Classical Ensemble: Rodrigo, Vivaldi, Piazzolla and Mozart ( 2004) KSG Classics 004
  • Tobias Kassung: Bach, Villa Lobos and Walton (2004) KSG Classics 003
  • Junge Philharmonie Köln: Vivald, Paganini, Boccherini (2000) 005 210 JPK

Compositions

  • Intermezzo Op 9 for violin, guitar and double bass (2011) ISWC: T- 802901836-9
  • Variations on trade Opus 8 for violin, guitar and double bass (2010) ISWC: T- 802776025-5
  • Sonata No. 1 for solo guitar (2009) ISWC: T- 802640093-2
  • Bernarda's daughters, Film Music (2008) ISWC: T- 802621908-0
  • TABU - Music for Chamber Orchestra in 8 scenes, Op. 6 (2007) ISWC: T- 802496606-2
  • Moon for soprano and guitar (2008) ISWC: T- 802496604-0
  • Four small scenic pieces (2004) Jours d'un Automne ISWC: T- 801845210-4
  • Four small scenic pieces (2004) Chant triste ISWC: T- 802275919-0
  • Four small scenic pieces (2004) Against the Sea ISWC: T- 802345427-6
  • Four small scenic pieces (2004) Blütentanz ISWC: T- 802345425-4
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