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TOBIAS MEINHART
Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet, Piano
Additional Languages: Spanish, German
Tobias Meinhart is an award-winning saxophonist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in a small town in rural Bavaria, Germany, Tobias Meinhart has spent the last 15 years carving out a career in the international jazz scene. He performs regularly at New York’s most prestigious jazz clubs (Blue Note, Birdland, Smalls), and tours internationally with his own band. He is an ECHO (German Grammy) nominee, winner of the Getxo Jazz Competition, and his album “Berlin People” made it to first round of the Grammys. JazzThing
Magazine calls Tobias: “Germany’s biggest talent on the saxophone”. Downbeat Magazine listed his latest album “The Painter” as one of the BEST ALBUMS of
2022. Tobias has toured in Ecuador, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Spain and Germany. He has been featured at many international Jazz festivals, such as the Jarasum Jazz festival, Elbjazz and the Blue Note Jazz festival. Recently he made his debut as a leader at the Winter Jazz Fest and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New
York.
Besides being busy as a performer Tobias enjoys teaching as it is a great way to share his passion for music and he has been teaching in many capacities
working with early beginners all the way to university students.