Nils Karsten was born in Hamburg in 1972. Already in the age of 2 years his musical talent stood out so that Nils could already attend many schools of music until its sixth year of life. During the following 12 years with classic piano lessons Nils attained many awards and 1st prices of "youth plays instruments" on regional and Federal level. Since the impulse grew to be able to play instruments still more with others, parallel to the piano lessons