Matthias Muche

Matthias Muche (Trombone)

Born in 1972.

Studied music at the Hochschule der Künste in Amsterdam, in Rotterdam and at the Musikhochschule Köln with Prof. Bart van Lier, Prof. Henning Berg and Paulo Alvares.

His work with dancers and multimedia artists – as well as with jazz, modern-music, and multicultural music groups at the North Sea Jazzfestival, WorlportJazzFestival, Cairo International Festival For Experimental Theatre, Tonhalle/Kulturfestival Altstadtherbst Düsseldorf, Concertgebouw/Ijesbreker Amsterdam, New Jazz Festival Moers and the Jazzdor Festival Straßburg – is representative of the great variety and flexibility of his artistic work.

Matthias Muche has received numerous awards for his projects, including the Herford "Kulturförderpreis 2002, " the Bielefeld "Kompositionspreis 2002, " the "Dordtse Jazz Prize 1998, " and the North-Rhine-Westphalia award "Ex- Tempore 96. "

His project "Q-Spektrum – eine intermediale Komposition, " with the ensemble "Cauldron, " was presented as a DVD with the support of the Ministerium für Städtebau, Wohnen, Kultur und Sport NRW, the Kulturamt Köln, the Hochschule für Musik Köln (MHS), and the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM). In this project he experiments with symbiotic, intertwined auditory and visual compositional processes, concepts and presentation formats which motivate, intensify and "feedback" one another (www. ensemble-cauldron. com).

Another project is the new interdisciplinary event series "FRISCHZELLE" (www. khm. de/frischzelle) at Stadtgarten in Cologne (sponsored by the SK-Stiftung Kultur, MHS, KHM and Stadtgarten).

Current releases:

DVD "Q-Spektrum, " an intermedial composition under the direction of Matthias Muche (2003),

raumweiß-audio 1001 (www. raumweiss. com) / a-musik Vertrieb (www. a-musik. com)

Ensembles:

"filz" - Zoubek-Stawatz-Muche (contemporary composition and improvisation) - Philip Zoubek, piano - Radeck Stawatz, violin, viola - Matthias Muche, trombone & tuba

Cauldron - Ligia Liberatori, vox - Daniel Speer, bass - Philip Zoubek, piano - Matthias Muche, trombone

Sonoaviatik, sound aviation - Matthias Mainz - trumpet; - Matthias Muche, trombone - Alexander Peterhaensel - powerbook, prepared guitar, snaredrum - Alberto de Campo, supercollider programming, sound - Andres Bosshard, rotobossophon, surroundsound

Schael Sick Brass Band

Tausend nackte Moenche - The Music Of Thelonious Monk - Andreas Kaling, saxophone - Matthias Muche, trombone - Matthias Wilhelm, tuba - Karl Godejohann, drums - special guest: Oliver Groenewald -trumpet & fluegelhorn

K. O. M. M. - Lars Kuklinski, trumpet - Nils Ostendorf, trumpet - Matthias Mueller, trombone - Matthias Muche, trombone & tuba

"Engel und Lichtjahre" by Barbara Buchholz (theremin, sampels, voice, bass) and Matthias Muche (trombone, tuba, elektronic, processing).

MusP - Daniel Speer, bass - Matthias Muche, trombone

Matthias Knoop- Sextett

org - Benno Gluesenkamp, drums - Damian Zangger, tp/tuba - Matthias Muche, tb/tuba - Philip Zoubek, piano - Daniel Speer, bass

Large Bands:

c. l. a. n. - orchestra (cologne leaders and neighbours) mit: Frank Gratkowski, Hartmut Kracht, Matthias Mainz, Matthias Schubert, Jeffrey Morgan, Carl L. Huebsch, Georg Wissel, Hans-Peter Salentin, Matthias Muche, Kees v. Zomeren, Klaus Mages, Paul Hubweber, Norbert Stein, Hans Kanty.

Fantasmofoniker - Simon Rummel

James Choice Orchestra - Orchestra project by Norbert Stein, Frank Gratkowski, Matthias Schubert und C. L. Huebsch about the synthesis of contemporary music and improvisation - Frank Gratkowski, Altsaxophon, Klarinetten, Komposition - Norbert Stein, tenorsaxophone, composition - Matthias Schubert - tenorsaxophone, composition - Carl Ludwig Huebsch, tuba, composition - Thomas Heberer, trumpet - Matthias Mainz, trumpet - Matthias Muche, trombone - Annette Maye, clarinet - Michael Heupel, flutes - Radek Stawatz, violin, viola - Scott Roller - violoncello - Dieter Manderscheid, doublebass - Sebastian Gramms, doublebass, cello - Barbara Schachtner, voice - Philip Zoubek, piano - Tom Lorenz, vibraphone - Joerg Fischer, drums

Tap it deep! - P. S.: We really come no closer than as dancers.

Chachelihöll - a hommage to Jean Tinguely.

Die Schrottophoniker - Matthias Wilhelm, tuba, contrabass - Michael Bereckis, reeds - Guido Schloesser, keybord - Matthias Muche, trombone, tuba - Johannes Brackmann, trombone, contrabass - Richard Ortmann, schrottophone - Der Schrottograph / dias: Ernst Wilhelm - projection: Tom Goerg"

Alligator Brass Band

Johan Plomb Small Big Band

Tobias Kremer Big Band - feat Tom Gaebel

Superstar Big Band (Cond. Lillo Scrimali)

"World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra" (Cond. Wil Salden)

"Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra" (Cond. Frank Reinshagen)