NEWS

The Slovenian composer and singer Jan Lovšin recently released his new CD Lilac Orchestra. I had the honor and pleasure of playing clarinet and saxophone on the recording. The music was recorded in February 2022 in Graz and was released on the Swiss label Unit Records.

I am very pleased to announce that two of my compositions have been awarded a special prize and a special mention at the 3rd ISAC International Popular Music Composition Competition.

The Austrian composer, arranger, singer and pianist Ursula Reicher recently released her new CD Welcome to Dark Matter. I had the honor and pleasure of playing saxophone and clarinet in her ensemble Globular Cluster on it. The music was recorded in August 2021 in Graz at Audiotope Studio and was released on the Munich label IAN Records as CD and Blue Ray at the end of September. Vinyl is also available on Ursula Reicher's website.

I am very happy to announce that my composition "Buoyancy" was awarded first prize at the Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest 2023. What an honor! After receiving the 2nd prize in 2019 and being a finalist in 2021, this was actually my third time being I participated in this competition and being the winner this time is amazing.

I am so proud to announce that two of my compositions were awarded a special prize!

I am so proud to be among the finalists of this years edition of the "Scrivere in Jazz 2022" composition competition.

I am very happy to announce that in September my new album "Conspiracy" of my "Tobias Hoffmann Jazz Orchestra" will be released on the label MONS RECORDS.

Great news from Italy! I am very happy to be in the finals of the Barga Big Band Composition Contest at BARGA JAZZ FESTIVAL again this year with a new composition. On 26.08. and 27.08. the final will take place in Barga in Italy! What a great start to the next weeks with new music … Great news from Italy Read More »

It has been a while since I updated my homepage. Since the last update a lot of exciting things happened which I would like to inform about!

Ich freue mich sehr ein Teil der Aktion "#coronaesgehtwas" zu sein.

I feel very honored that the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra recorded one of my compositions for Jazz Orchestra.

Ich freue mich sehr über die neue CD Besprechung von jazzreporter.com.

Ich freue mich sehr über zwei neue Besprechungen meiner CD "Retrospective".

I am very happy that my "Tobias Hoffmann Nonet" has won the first place in the category "Band" in the 2019 edition of the prestigious and worldwide "Made in New York Jazz Competition".

Two new CD Reviews of Retrospective came in the last days. Thanks alot to Wouter Turkenburg, Musenblätter.de and jazz-fun.de

Welcome on my new homepage. Here you can learn from now on about me, my musical projects, listen to some of my music and get in contact with me.