Prof. Andrea Tober

  • Born 1972 in Herford, Germany
  • Music teaching studies for high school majoring in Flute at Folkwang Hochschule Essen with Josef Pichler and at the University of Music and Drama Hanover with Prof. Erdmuthe Boehr, as well as teaching in German studies at the Universities of Essen and Hanover
  • Subsequent studies in instrumental pedagogy at the University of Music and Drama Hanover followed by a practical year at Cologne College and High School
  • Teaching at music schools in Springe and Bonn, at general schools in Bergisch Gladbach, at the Abtei-Gymnasium Brauweiler and the Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium Hilden, as well as a teaching assignment on “Concert Pedagogy in the School Context” at Cologne University of Music
  • Artistic activities in various choirs and orchestras, as chamber musician (salon music), member of the SAITENVERQUERT ensemble and Kapital69 band, as well as participation in interdisciplinary projects with literature, acting and pantomime
  • Volunteer member of the committee of the Association of School Musicians in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Active in cultural management at the International Summer Academy for Chamber Music in Lower Saxony and the Hannoversche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik e.V., as well as at Biennale Neue Musik Hanover, Schreyahner Herbst Festival Lüchow-Dannenberg, Lower Saxony, and Romanischer Sommer Festival Cologne
  • Organization of the concert series PhilharmonieVeedel and Tripclubbing for the KölnMusik GmbH, management of Thürmchen Ensemble für Neue Musik and JungeBläserPhilharmonie North Rhine-Westphalia commissioned by the State Association of Music Schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, cooperation in management at Institut für Neue Musik at Cologne University of Music
  • Contributor for children and youth projects, particularly on music education with the KölnMusik GmbH/Cologne Philharmonic
  • From 2012 to 2020 Head of the Education Department of the Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Since 2012 Professor for Self-Management and Music Education at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
  • Since 2013 jury member of the funding programme for cultural education "Kultur macht stark" of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, since 2022 jury chairperson
  • October 2019 elected as Eisler's Vice-President and Commissioner for Digital Transformation, from April 2023 acting as provisional head of the office in place of the previous President Sarah Wedl-Wilson 
  • July 2023 Election as President of the School from the winter semester 2023/24 for a term of office of four years
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