Tobias Psaier is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Teis, Villnöss in South Tyrol. Born in November 1995, he started a classical piano education at the age of 6, which brought him quite soon to jazz and rock piano and especially to improvisation.
He achieved his first successes on the piano, including a 1st prize with distinction at the “Prima la musica” competition in 2004.
At the age of 10 he received lessons in percussion, his second instrument, which he has been playing in the wind band of his hometown since 2007. At about the same time he taught himself to play the guitar and electric bass and was soon on stage with various formations.
Traditional music is as close to his heart as jazz, rock and popular music. Thus, in addition to numerous polkas, marches and waltzes, he also composes more modern and contemporary pieces for a wide variety of instrumentations.
In 2017 he began his studies in instrumentation and wind band conducting at the Conservatory “Claudio Monteverdi” with Prof. Walter Ratzek and Prof. Thomas Ludescher in Bolzano. Since 2018 he has been conductor of the Musikkapelle Afers, and since 2020 he has also been conducting the Musikkapelle Neustift.
He achieved a first milestone in 2022 when he won the composition competition announced by the Parliament of the Autonoums Province of Bolzano/Bozen on the theme of “50 Years of the Second Statute of Autonomy 1972-2022” with the composition MEMORIA DIGNUM.