Matthias Höfs

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Matthias Höfs (* 1965 in Lübeck ) is a German trumpeter and university lecturer in Hamburg .

Life

His first trumpet teacher was the Lübeck solo trumpeter Herbert Schmidt-Kärner. From 1982 he studied the trumpet with Peter Kallensee at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg , where he passed his concert exam with distinction. He then moved to the Karajan Academy in Berlin to pursue further studies with Konradin Groth .

As a student he was a member of various well-known youth orchestras, including the Young German Philharmonic and the European Union Youth Orchestra .

From 1984 until his appointment as professor at the University of Music and Theater in Hamburg in 2000, Höfs was principal trumpeter of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra .

Since 1985 he has been a member of the German Brass ensemble . a. with the Linos Ensemble , the German Wind Soloists, the Ensemble Villa Musica and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen .

Awards

In 1983 the city of Lübeck awarded him the Hanse Culture Prize, in 1988 he received the Eduard Söring Prize from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and in 1989 a scholarship from the German Music Council and the Mozart Society. He was awarded first prizes at the 1987 music academy competition and at the 1990 International Music Competition in Markneukirchen .

Sound carrier

  • Un Concerto Italiano (1995)
  • An English Concert (2002)
  • Gansch Meets Höfs together with Hans Gansch (2006)
  • Trumpet Acrobatics (2007)
  • The Trumpet Shall Sound (2009)
  • Solo de Concours (2010)
  • Adventures of a Trumpet (2011)
  • Live in Japan (2013)
  • Homage! (2015)
  • Mozart con Tromba (2016)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann - Trumpet Concerts (2017)

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personal data
SURNAME Höfs, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trumpeter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck , Germany