PROGRAM

• Solo Jazz Piano between Tradition and Contemporary
• Introducing the PianoDrum
• Jazz Standard Medley - Tribute to Dave McKenna

ARTISTIC PROFILE

The pianist already played the evidence of his distinctive specialization in the field of Solo Piano into the NDR microphones during the 1. Hamburger Jazz Solo Piano Summit on 16th June 2007 while sharing the stage with stars like John Taylor. Ever since he is more than an insider tip in Germany. Contemporary Jazz and Swing are his sources. With this connection Michel Petrucciani already created a modern european variant of the swinging jazz tradition without negating this form. Furthermore he is a pronounced Walking-Bass-Style expert like embossed by Jazz Piano legend Dave McKenna. If you simply want to experience the moment “piano playing” live - with all unrestrained energy of two improvising unleashed hands, you’ll find that moment with Mathias Claus and his intensive and groovy sonority which always includes his very special kind of touch, sound and romance.

• Performance with some of the leading German jazz solo pianists at the 1st Hamburg Jazz Solo Piano Summit on 16th June 2007 for the NDR broadcast Hamburg
• Specializing Jazz Piano at the international renowned Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Education as jazz pianist at Musikhochschule Hamburg, studies with Prof. Dr. Dieter Glawischnig, diploma with excellence in 1989

“By now he more than reached his goal to transfer the intensity of a jazz band into two hands. Virtuosic and with warm tone he transports the swinging jazz language into a contemporary form.”
  –   Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion GmbH

“Mathias Claus is a fine jazz pianist and one of Germany’s topnotch jazz pianists.”
  –   Lee Prosser, USA, www.jazzreview.com