Tobias Hug

Tobias Hug
Born
Tobias Rafael Hug

(1976-01-01)1 January 1976
Freiburg, Germany
Died31 January 2020(2020-01-31) (aged 44)
Freiburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Other namesTobi
BFG (Black Forest Ghetto)
EducationMusikhochschule Trossingen
Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus
Occupation(s)Singer, beatboxer, music arranger, singing coach, judge

Tobias Hug (1 January 1976 – 9 January 2020) was a German a cappella singer, beatboxer, coach and judge. He was the first German member of a cappella group, The Swingle Singers (now called 'The Swingles') and one of its longest serving members, performing with them for 11 years.[1] Hug founded the a cappella festival Black Forest Voices in 2019.[2]

Together with the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG), Hug entered the Guinness World Records in 2017 for arranging the world's largest beatbox choir.[3] Hug's arrangement of Walter Murphy's A Fifth of Beethoven, recorded by The Swingles featured in the pilot episode of Glee.[4]

  1. ^ Thomas Cunnifee. "The Swingle Singers: Making the music dance Part 2". jazzhistoryonline.com. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  2. ^ "Black Forest Voices team". blackforestvoices.com. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  3. ^ HKYFG Annual report 2016-2017 (Report). HKFYG. p. 71 =.
  4. ^ "Beauty and the Beatbox". Chandos.net. Retrieved 2024-09-08.