Mathias Claus is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Education as jazz pianist at Musikhochschule Hamburg, studies with Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig, diploma with excellence in 1989. Further studies with Ray Santisi at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston / USA plus classical studies with Shigeko Takeya and others.
Mathias Claus started collaboration recordings with musicians of the young cyber jazzscene worldwide. He contributed as gues...
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Mathias Claus is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Education as jazz pianist at Musikhochschule Hamburg, studies with Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig, diploma with excellence in 1989. Further studies with Ray Santisi at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston / USA plus classical studies with Shigeko Takeya and others.
Mathias Claus started collaboration recordings with musicians of the young cyber jazzscene worldwide. He contributed as guest player on numerous artists' CDs worldwide, workin with many artists such as Peggy Morris, Nigel Hitchcock, Laurence Cottle, Sue Maskaleris, Daniel Martina, Fillipo Bertacche and others. Later on he started playing live concerts with his global musicians organising common tours and concerts in Germany with American artists Peggy Morris, Eyran Katsenelenbogen, or Misha Steinhauer from Moscow.
In 2003 he gained international attention being interviewed by allaboutjazz.com and awarded by Bundesfonds Soziokultur e.V. for his international...
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