Matthias
Hettmer
musician
and composer
[*1973 in Marl/Germany]
life /
works
- 1989-1993 electric bass
studies with Peter Sonntag
- 1992-1995 studies in composition
and music theory with Istvan Nagy
- 1995-2000 studies in composition
with Nicolaus A. Huber [instrumental music]
and Dirk Reith am ICEM [electronic music]
Folkwang Hochschule Essen
2000
founded Interzone perceptible together with the accordionist Sven Hermann
[more]
2001
winner of the "International Competition Trstenice 2001" with the
composition "hin- und hergerissen" [setup-solo]
nominated for the 6th forum
of young composers for the Gesellschaft für Neue Musik Köln [for the
interpretation of "ILI
XV" by Sven Hermann
2002
in cooperation with Sven Hermann artistic director of kopfHörer/experimentelle
musik elektrovisuell in Bühl/Baden (Germany) [more at www.akw-baden.de
(in German only)]
2002/2003
teaching "electronic media
and live-electronics" at Dortmund University / Germany [with Sven Hermann]
projects:
- 1989-1993 bass player
of the "Krause-Hettmer-Braasch-Trio", experimental music
- since 1990, he works in
his own studio
- 1992-1995 member of Peter
Sonntag's Bass-Bigband "Bass In Colors"
- 1994 CD-production and
tour through Germany with "Bass in Colors"
- 1996 soloist in Bernhard
Krug's "Hören & Sehen" [multimedia project]
- since 1999 cooperation
with the dancer Annelise Soglio
- 2000 interdisciplinary
project with music [A.C. Bornhöft, A. Pereyra, M. Hettmer],
dance [Annelise Soglio, Marcella San Pedro] and lights [Andreas Lorey]
- improvisation and solo
concerts [Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany, EXPO 2000 Hannover, Germany]
- 2002 CD-production of Volker
Heyn's "Kowalski's Katz" mit "Katarakt" [Basle/Switzerland]
currently lives in Essen,
Germany