Oliver Karstens

Studied Jazz-Bass at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover with Detlev Beier. In 1995 he won the first Prize in the Contest for Jazz-Smallgroup with the Markus Horn Trio. 1996 Kulturförderpreis of the Landkreis Lüneburg.

Oliver Karstens has been working with Roger Cicero, Jan Delay, Anett Louisan, Ulita Knaus, Joja Wendt, Bill Ramsey, Georgie Fame, Maria Schneider, John Hicks, Jason Marsalis, Bob Mintzer, Dusko Goykovitch und dem Glenn Miller Orchestra.