Othman Karim Hassan

Artistic Education
Born 1969. Despite of musical impacts through European classical music and old music the musician with Iraqi origins that has grown up in Austria concentrates on different kinds of oriental art music.

Artistic Career
Until today the instrumentalist, who lives in Salzburg and Freiburg, keeps his passion for this music and its instruments, especially the oud.
His international stage career has its focus on jazz projects which brought him the SWR world music prize.
Othman plays in the Chris Jarrett trio, Ensemble Sukun, Omri Hason quartet and in his own ensemble Kashu.