Kasper Tom Christiansen (dr)

Kasper Tom Christiansen (* 1981, Denmark) belongs to the new generation of drummers who mix music from many genres and makes it his own.
He gratuated from the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music and lived and worked in Berlin from 2007-2010. Since 2006 he has been leading his own bands which include Rudi Mahall, Marek Kadziela and Mads la Cour. He released CDs on Stunt Re- cords, WhyPlayJazz and Gateway Music with the bands Kran, FUSK and QUARTz. He has played tours in Denmark, Poland, Germany and USA and played at festivals like Copenhagen Jazzfestival, Leverkusener Jazztage, Jazz w Ruinach and Jazz nad Odra, to name a few. Both as a drummer and as a composer Kasper Tom has a great musical drive and a personal sound, which makes him one of the interesting young jazzmusicians of today. Other collaborators count: Tobias Delius, Håvard Wiik, Tom Arthurs, Axel Dörner, Kasper Tranberg, Philipp Gropper, Alexander Frangenheim, Jan Roder, Henrik Walsdorff and Uffe Stehen.