Double Bass player Zacharias Faßhauer, born 1995 in Cologne (Germany) into a family of
visual artists, had a deep connection to abstract, contemporary aesthetics from an early
age. At the age of 9 he had his first double bass lessons, at the age of 14 he played his
first concerts within the thriving Free Improvisation Scene in Cologne, and was part of the
Orchestras Kölner Orchester Gesellschaft and Landesjugend Orchester NRW.
In 2013 Faßhauer began his double bass studies with Detmar Kurig at the “Robert-Schumann-Hochschule” Düsseldorf, and continued his studies from 2015 at the
Musikhochschule Trossingen where he graduated in 2018 (BA music). Since then, Faßhauer has been
studying a master's program in Double Bass New Music in Trossingen, which he graduated September 2020.
Faßhauer has been an active participant in master classes such as the Darmstadt
Summer Courses for New Music, the International Ensemble Modern Academy
(Klangspuren Schwaz) or the Impuls Festival Graz; where he studied with Uli Fussenegger
and Dario Calderone.
Furthermore Faßhauer has given concerts as a soloist and as part of many different
ensembles from duos to large ensembles at festivals such as the Donaueschinger Tage für
Neue Musik, European Workshop for Contemporary Music, Spring Festival The Hague,
Klangzeit Festival Münster or the Map & Fold Festival Tübingen.
Faßhauer also appears with his own works, his pieces often concentrate on the connection
of visual and acoustic arts and often include live electronics and dance. Since October 2020 Faßhauer is part of the International Ensemble Modern Academy