Andreas Martin Hofmeir, one of the best and most versatile instrumentalists in the world, loves to move between genres: he teaches at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, founded the popular band LaBrassBanda, and has received numerous awards both as cabaret performer and classical tuba player. He studied with Dietrich Unkrodt, Michael Lind and Jens Björn-Larsen. In 2005 he won the German Music Competition, and in 2013 he received the ECHO Klassik as »Instrumentalist of the Year«, the first tuba player to win either award. As a soloist he has performed with the Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Konzerthaus Berlin Orchestra, among many other notable orchestras. Also unique is his European Tuba Power ensemble, which brings together four of the best tuba players in Europe with a drummer. In addition to his successful classical career, Hofmeir has been performing as a cabaret artist for more than 20 years. As a crossover artist he links the classics, jazz and cabaret in exceptional programmes, in which he is on stage as classical soloist, compère, actor, cabaret artist and jazz musician. In recent years he has also started to work as a conductor with various orchestras. Since October 2022 he has been the artistic director of the Wind Philharmonic Salzburg, and since 2024 the conductor of the Sinfonietta Essenbach. Andreas Martin Hofmeir plays tubas from the Buffet Crampon Group.