High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tobias Delius (born July 15, 1964 in Oxford, England) tenor saxophone & clarinet Tobias Delius began playing saxophone in 1980 in Germany. In 1983-1984 he lived in Mexico City where he played in the Cuarteto Mexicano de Jazz led by pianist Francixco Téllez. Delius moved to Amsterdam in 1984 and studied for a short while at the Sweelinck Conservatorium. He soon became involved with Amsterdam improvisers and dropped his studies to immerse himself in the improvised music scene. In 1990 he was awarded the Podiumprijs from the organisation Stichting Jazz in The Netherlands. In February 2004, Delius was awarded the Vpro / Boy Edgar Award, the Netherlands' most prestigious award in improvised music.