Andreas Hofmeir is considered one of the best tubists on the planet, he is a professor of tuba at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and gives master classes all over the world.
For his work, Andreas Hofmeir has traveled a large part of the world and has known many beautiful places. That’s why we interviewed him from Visit7Wonders.
On the occasion, this renowned German artist highlighted that of all the places he visited “I really liked the Iguazu Falls (one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature since 2011). Because all the nature that surrounded him was incredibly fantastic. So it was not only the Falls themselves, but also the jungle that surrounded them. The animals you can see there. It’s so vast. In reality, although it has an infrastructure and is touristically developed, somehow nature still seems intact”.
He also commented that he liked the care of the environment and development as a sustainable tourist destination, “the fact that it is one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, if you think about it it is like a double-edged sword I would say, because, of course, through the elevation to the status of world wonder, many, many more people come. Now we also know from the destinations that are advertised on Instagram that many people go there. However, tourism also became aware of how important this natural heritage is. And especially with the Iguazú Falls, you can see that it is an ecological tourist development, I would say, very sensible, and that’s really great”.
In reference to what wonders of the world he visited, Andreas Hofmeir commented that he was in the Iguazu Falls (Argentina-Brazil), in the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in the Roman Coliseum (Italy). “Let me think if I was still in some other place that is a wonder of the world. The Acropolis of Athens, although I don’t know if this is a wonder of the world, and in the pyramids of Giza,” he said.
Out of the air, Andreas told us that 2024 is the year of the Tuba, and for that reason he has more work than usual, which includes concerts and presentations in different places.
In this context, he said that his next concert will be on June 8 in Aschaffenburg (northern Bavaria) with tuba and harp.
So everyone is invited to enjoy the music of this great artist for that date.
Andreas Hofmeir
He was born in Munich in 1978. He studied in Berlin, Stockholm and Hannover. In 2004 he won the International Tuba Competition “Città di Porcia” and in 2005 the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb prize in Berlin, being the first tube player in the history of the contest to obtain it. From 2004 to 2008 he was a tuba soloist at the Bruckner Orchestre Linz.
As a soloist he played with the Munich Philharmonic, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Bruckner Orchestre Linz, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim and many others.
He founded the world’s first tuba-harp duo with Andreas Mildner and together they performed at famous festivals: Schleswig-Holstein, Mitte Europa and Ludwigsburg.
Since the age of 28, he has been a tuba professor at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg and gives master classes all over the world.
Versatile instrumentalist, he travels between different genres: classical, jazz and cabaret. With his popular band LaBrassBanda, in which he played until 2013, he was top ten in Germany. He is also a cabaret artist with more than twenty years of experience with multiple awards, a sought-after soloist and chamber musician.
He directs and stars in his cabaret show Wer dablost’s? (Who manages to get a note?) With artists from various extractions. He was the first tubist to receive one of the most important music awards in Europe, the ECHO Klassik 2013 in the category “Instrumentalist of the Year” (album Uraufnahmen with the concerts of Duda, Näther and Roikjer).
He also recorded Why not? With the duo of tuba-harp and On the way with the Munich Philharmonic, and among many other things he wrote a book: “Kein Aufwand! Schrecklich wahre Geschichten aus meinem Leben mit der Tuba,” where he tells with a lot of humor his stories with the tuba…
Images of Andreas Hofmeir and video of Abendschau, where Andreas Hofmeir and Andreas Mildner perform with tuba and harp, respectively, Carmen Fantasie and Piazolla.