KEVIN KASTNING
Genres: Jazz Related Improv, Composition, Post-Fusion Contemporary, Third Stream • United States

Kevin Kastning (born December 26, 1961, Wichita, Kansas) is an American guitarist, composer and musical instrument inventor. He plays the 36-string Double Contraguitar, 30-string Contra-Soprano guitar, twelve-string guitar, six-string guitar, fretless guitar, 12-string extended baritone guitar, 6-string bass-baritone guitar, alto guitar, the 14-string contraguitar, the 16-string contraguitar, the 17-string contraguitar, mandolin, piano and bass. Born in 1961 in Wichita, Kansas, Kastning's father was a musician, and by age 11 he had first guitar.He attended Wichita East High School during which time he was in the school orchestra and jazz ensemble as well as in several bands. Kastning attended Wichita State University between 1980 and 1984, graduating with a Bachelor of Music. While there he studied composition under the tutelage of Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Walter Mays. In 1985, Kastning moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he pursued graduate studies at Berklee College of Music for 2 years. At Berklee, Kastning studied read more...