Since 1999 German composer Carsten Rocker has scored more than 200 films, TV series and documentaries. Major orchestras, including the German Film Orchestra and the Munich Symphony Orchestra, have performed many of his scores. He has also written songs for vocal artists such as Alessandro Safina and Bjoern Casapietra. Carsten Rocker studied music (piano, composition and education) at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. In 1996, he moved to Los Angeles to study filmmusic, composition and conducting at the California State University of Long Beach. During and after his studies, Carsten orchestrated and co-composed for many different composers and also composed scores for several short films. Moving to Cologne, Germany, in 1999, he works mostly on TV and film scores. Though very busy with his work, Carsten finds time to also teach filmmusic at several schools including: Hamburg Media School, University of Oldenburg, Cologne Film House, Eyes and Ears of Europe Academy. In 2004 Carsten Rocker was part of the jury for the European Filmmusic Awards - “New sound in European Film” - that took place at the Soundtrack Cologne. Among the many lectures Carsten has delivered over the past years, his favorite was on teaching filmmusic at the 2006 Cannes Festival for the UCMF.