Bio

Caspar Johannes Walter, * 1964, composer, cellist (Thürmchen Ensemble), has received several major composition awards and has been granted a fellowship to carry out his work at the Villa Massimo in Rome. In 2002/2003 Caspar Johannes Walter was teacher of composition and composer in Residence at the University of Birmingham/UK, since 2006 he was professor for composition and director of the studio contemporary music in Stuttgart/Germany and since since 2013 he is professor for composition at the Musikakademie Basel/Switzerland. In 2014 he was elected into the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.