Totally Trumpet
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MATTHIAS JANN

Matthias Jann was born in 1971 in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and studied composition and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" and trombone at the Hochschule der Künste. Amoung his accolades were several prizes for composition and interpretation at the Hanns Eisler Competition in Berlin, a fellowship of the Kranichstein Prize in Darmstadt and a conducting stipend from the German Music Council. He has recieved composing commissions for pieces at the Klangwerkstatt Kreuzberg («fil rouge», 2004), the Musikakademie Rheinsberg («Von Wolfgang für Claire», 2005), the caroussel-Theater Berlin and the Festival Randspiele («exode», 2008), amoung others. Matthias is the artistic director and conductor of Jericho-Brass Berlin, trombone player of the ensemble European Music Project (EMP) Ulm and of Ensemble Courage Dresden. He is also frequent guest trombonist at the Kammerensemble für Neue Musik Berlin, ensemble mosaik Berlin and RSBrass, the brass ensemble of the Radio-Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Since 1997 Matthias Jann teaches music theory and ear training at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".

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