Born in Munich Günter Holzhausen studied double bass at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich with Prof. Klaus Trumpf. Since 1996 he has been a regular continuo player of Tölzer boys' choir, connected to numerous concerts and recordings in Europe, Israel and overseas. Him combines an intensive collaboration with Emma Kirkby / London Baroque, the Taverner Consort Players London, Reinhard Goebel, the Hofkapelle Munich, Augsburg La Banda, the orchestra of the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival and give Salzburg Baroque. Günter Holzhausen deals intensively with various historical Violonestimmungen and its correct application in historical performance practice. Moreover, taught as a professor Günter Holzhausen contrabass and violone at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. He also holds guest lectures in London (Royal Academy of Music), Berlin (University of Arts) and Munich (University of Music and Theatre).