Nikolay Kasakov by universalsax

Nikolay Kasakov
The Saxophonist from the City of Düsseldorf / Germany


I, Nikolay Kasakov, was born on 16th of December 1975 in the city of Togul in western Siberia / Russia.

From my early childhood I was inspired by the cultural, artistic, and musical environment in which I was bord. My inclination towards music was pervaded by my parents and brother and has incarnated by my Piano class at the age of six and furthered by singing classes up to my thirteenth years of age. Ultimately, at the age of sixteen, I have discovered my passion for saxophone.

At that period of my young life, I was honoured many times by awards granted by “Siberia’s Young Talents” contest recognising my comprehensive musical performance and experiences which laid the foundation for my studies of “Saxophone” and “Clarinet” from 1991 to 1996 at the conservatoire in the city of Barnaul, and “Classic Saxophone” at the state university. 

While studying and thereafter, up to 1999, I was engaged by city orchestra