Hans Tutschku joined the Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar in 1982. He began to study electroacoustic music in Dresden, subsequently developing his skills while accompanying Karlheinz Stockhausen in his concert tours. He also attended a year-long course in computer music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, focusing on digital signal processing, as well as workshops with composers Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. In 1994-95 he studied at the ircam in Paris.
His compositional output includes pieces for tape, acoustic instruments with tape and/or live electronics. He also writes incidental music for the theatre as well as music for film and ballet. He won several awards at international competitions for composers.
In 1995-96 he was a professor of electroacoustic music at the Liszt Conservatory in Weimar. Since 1997 he has taught in the electronic studios of ircam. He gave master classes in composition at the Universities of Sao Paulo and Singapore, and at the Music Academy in Budapest.