André Cimiotti was born in 1975 in Marburg and started playing alto saxophone at the age of 7. In 2003 he finished his music studies at the music academy in Cologne (Musikhochschule Köln). He is one of the founders of The Cologne Saxophone Quintet. Cimiotti played concerts and made recordings with the WDR Big Band (Köln), HR Big Band (Franktfurt), the Glenn Miller Orchestra (Wil Salden) and any others. As a solist or with his bands he has been awarded with a lot of prizes, such as “Jugend jazzt” (1994), Yamaha Sax Contest 2003 (Berlin).