Hartmut Oßwald

Hartmut Oßwald is a German saxophonist, bass clarinetist and organiser born in 1964 and based in Saarbrücken. He has worked as a freelance musician and educator since the 1990s, exploring free jazz, contemporary music, improvised performance and interdisciplinary projects involving theatre and literature.

His collaborators include Paul Lovens, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Evan Parker, Rudi Mahall, Olaf Rupp and Jan Klare. He performs in groups of different sizes and has worked with Quatre Marteaux and the Christof Thewes Quartet. Creative Sources documents his bass clarinet, baritone and tenor saxophone and objects on A (CS467) and degrees (CS657).