Matthias Höfs
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Matthias Höfs is a German trumpeter.
1982 - Studied at University of Music and Theater in Hamburg
and Karajan-Academy in Berlin, passing concert examination with awards.
1984 first trumpet with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Matthias has won many first prizes in musical competitions, e.g.
1988 Hanseatic City Cultural Prize of Lübeck, Eduard Söhring prize,
1990 International Music Championship Markneukirchen
.
He received scholarships from the German Musical Council and the Mozart Society.
Since 2000 he has been a professor of trumpet
and chamber music
at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg
Since 1985 he has been a member of the German Brass
ensemble, and besides Enrique Crespo
, he has arranged
a large amount of the musical transcriptions for the group.
He is well-known for his outstanding performance and brilliant, limitless and virtuosic style.
1982 - Studied at University of Music and Theater in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
and Karajan-Academy in Berlin, passing concert examination with awards.
1984 first trumpet with the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Matthias has won many first prizes in musical competitions, e.g.
1988 Hanseatic City Cultural Prize of Lübeck, Eduard Söhring prize,
1990 International Music Championship Markneukirchen
Markneukirchen
Markneukirchen is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It lies in between the Erzgebirge and the Fichtelgebirge in the Elstergebirge, southeast of Plauen, and northeast of Asch ....
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He received scholarships from the German Musical Council and the Mozart Society.
Since 2000 he has been a professor of trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
and chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg
Since 1985 he has been a member of the German Brass
German Brass
German Brass is a brass ensemble, founded 1974 as Brass Quintet by Enrique Crespo, named "Deutsches Blechbläserquintett – Solobläser deutscher Spitzenorchester"...
ensemble, and besides Enrique Crespo
Enrique Crespo
Enrique Crespo is a trombonist and founding member of the German Brass ensemble.He studied music and architecture in Montevideo and in Buenos Aires. He worked as principal trombonist, jazz soloist, arranger and bandleader for TV productions. In 1967 he studied trombone and composition in Berlin...
, he has arranged
a large amount of the musical transcriptions for the group.
He is well-known for his outstanding performance and brilliant, limitless and virtuosic style.
Discography
- "Un concerto italiano"(1995)
- "An English Concert" (2002)
- "Gansch Meets Höfs" together with Hans Gansch (2006)
- "Trumpet Acrobatics" (2007)
- "The Trumpet Shall Sound" (2009)
- "Solo de Concours" (2010)