ENGLISH
MATHIAS REUMERT (b. 1980) is a Danish multiple percussionist
and marimba/vibraphone performer. A specialist of
contemporary music, he received the First Prize at the
International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition 2007 in
Amsterdam, Holland, the first percussion soloist to do so
since 1979.
As soloist and with his own ensembles, he has performed
throughout Europe and in many parts of the Americas,
premiering works by several European and American composers.
Since 2008 he is on the faculty at the Summer Institute for
Contemporary Performance Practice at New England Conservatory
in Boston, USA.
His recording of Poul Ruders' concerto for percussion and
orchestra, 'Monodrama', is released by DACAPO Records.
Reumert is also an avid improviser, music theater performer,
and composer. With the PACE Percussion Trio, he performed as
the opening act at the 2002 FIFA World Cup of Soccer concert
in Seoul, Korea, and has since been touring extensively
performing original music. Other ensemble activities include
the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, a sax/piano/percussion
trio with the Duo Disecheis from Italy, a project with
Swedish electronics wiz Mattias Sköld, and frequent
performances with improvisers Borderline Ensemble.
As a student, Mathias Reumert was past winner of several
competitions, including the Concours International de
Vibraphone 2002 in France and the Percussive Arts Society
Solo Vibraphone Contest 2004. He studied with Steven Schick
at the University of California, San Diego, and with Gert
Mortensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
About
the PACE Percussion Trio:
PACE was
the opening act at the 2002 FIFA World Cup of Soccer concert
in Seoul and has since toured in Scandinavia, Germany,
Israel, and Korea, performing original music by its members:
Mathias Friis-Hansen, David Hildebrandt, and Mathias Reumert.
The trio has collaborated with several artists, including
electronica pioneers Dub Tractor and Opiate. The trio’s debut
CD featuring saxophonist Thomas Agergaard will be released in
2009.
DANSK
Mathias
Reumert (f. 1980) er uddannet ved Det Kgl. Danske
Musikkonservatorium og University of California, San Diego.
Som den første slagtøjssolist siden 1979 modtog han den
samlede 1.-pris ved Gaudeamus
Interpreters Competition 2007 i
Amsterdam, den største konkurrence for klassiske solister og
ensembler i fortolkningen af ny musik. Derudover har han
vundet førstepriser ved bl.a. Concours
International de Vibraphone 2002 i
Clermont-Ferrand (Frankrig), Percussive
Arts Society International Convention 2004
i
Nashville (USA), og La
Jolla Symphony Soloist Competition 2004
i San
Diego (USA).
Han
underviser i kammermusik ved Summer
Institute for Contemporary Performance
Practice, som
afholdes årligt på New England Conservatory i Boston, USA.
Reumert har uropført adskillige værker af anerkendte danske
og udenlandske komponister ved solokoncerter i USA, Peru,
Frankrig, Holland, Italien, Polen, Sverige, Norge og Danmark.
Han har indspillet Poul Ruders’ slagtøjskoncert
’Monodrama’
for DACAPO med Aarhus Symfoniorkester, og har derudover været
solist med bl.a. Helsingborg Symfoniorkester og La Jolla
Symphony Orchestra.
Derudover omfatter hans virke bl.a. improvisation,
musikteater og electronica. Han er medlem af den
prisbelønnede PACE Percussion Trio, og spiller jævnligt med
bl.a. Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Borderline Ensemble,
italienske Duo Disecheis (sax/klaver/slagtøj), samt et
projekt med den svenske komponist/elektronik-performer
Mattias Sköld.