Matthias Jakisic
Matthias Jakisic , also known under the artist name "JIG" , (born May 14, 1977 in Lower Austria ) is an Austrian violinist , music producer and composer for theater.
biography
Musical development
Jakisic grew up as the son of an Austrian mother and a Croatian father with three siblings in Lower Austria. His parents, both opera singers, encouraged their children's musical education and recognized Jakisic's special talent at an early age. He started taking violin lessons at the age of six.
According to his own statements, Jakisic developed his playing style, which later made him known as the “devil's violinist”, as well as his special musical note outside of his music education: “In music school you learn technique, in life you learn to hear and listen. And even in terms of play, something like a note of its own emerges after years. You don't really notice that yourself, but in principle I would say that everything I've learned outside of the violin is based on the principle of 'learning by doing'. "
Today Jakisic moves as a violinist, producer and composer between classical, electronic music and pop and, in addition to numerous cooperation and solo projects, is also active as a composer and musician for theater productions, including at the Vienna Burgtheater. In the domestic and international music scene, Jakisic is best known for his musical versatility and his avant-garde style: “Matthias Jakisic is unpredictable. Unpredictable in its musical diversity. ”(Sam Vahdat, Trackshittaz ).
National and international projects
Even in his youth, Jakisic was involved in various CD productions as a songwriter, violinist and singer - for the bands Nameless, Sadjewuschek, Ballycotton and Faust.adD, among others
At the age of 21 Jakisic released his first solo album "Reset" , on which over 20 national and international artists participated, including Christian Eigner (drummer of the band Depeche Mode ), Al Slavik (former bassist of the band Alphaville ) and the jazz musician Dhafer Youssef . From 1998 to 2000 Jakisic lived and worked in London. After several international tours, he returned to Austria to work with the Austrian beatbox band Bauchklang , which he accompanied as a co-producer for three years.
Jakisic was involved as a musician and producer in over 100 CD productions, among others with and for artists and bands such as Ballycotton, Bauchklang, Peter Kruder , Fritz Fitzke, Hallucination Company , Francis International Airport , Phil Gould ( Level 42 ), Archive , Rodney Hunter , Legat Team, Alexander Bisenz , Dieter Libuda, FSHW, Christian Eigner , Al Slavik, Slava Grigorjan, Otto Lechner , Karl Ritter , Peter Rosmanith , Thomas Lang (Robbie Williams), Still, Phil Dearing, Albin Janoska ( Count Basic , SOHN ), GuGabriel , Yok, ROIA, Sam Vahdat, Sober Killer, Zebo Adam ( Russkaja ), IYASA, Faust a. d. D., Excuse Me Moses , Otmar Binder, Alexander Nefzger , Marlene Johnson, I-Wolf , Paul Coxx, Radio Days, Woidfish, Mario Lang , Nameless, Kommando Elefant and Julia A. Noack .
In 2015 Jakisic presented his new solo program " Live in Loops " in Vienna, at the London International Arts Festival, in the Austrian Cultural Forum in Istanbul and at the 21st Rio International Cello Encounter 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.
Theater music
In 2006 Jakisic started his collaboration with Dschungel Wien - Theater House for Young Audiences and in the following five years he accompanied the partly award-winning and internationally successful pieces "Wiegentanz", "Surprise", "Secret Worlds", "Scent Dreams", "Popcorn" and "Sand." "," Dictator "," Maxima und Moritza " and " Spiegelspiele " as a composer and live musician.
Jakisic first cooperated with the Junge Burg - youth theater of the Vienna Burgtheater - in 2010 in the production of the play "Parzival / Short Cut". This collaboration was reflected in the following pieces "Bonny and Clyde", "Tristan and Isolde", "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Pan", "Yellow Moon", "Around the World in 80 Days", "The Bat", " Kohlhaas ” and “ I see what you don't see - Don Quixote ” continued.
In 2011 Jakisic was awarded the STELLA - Darstellender.Kunst.Preis for young audiences in the category "Outstanding Music" for his music in "Sand", "Dictator", "Parzival / Short Cut" and "Bonny and Clyde" .
In 2014 Jakisic worked as a composer for the Salzburg Festival and the Burgtheater Vienna ( “The Last Days of Mankind” directed by Georg Schmiedleitner ) and for the Theater in der Josefstadt ( “Liebelei”, with Otto Schenk , among others ).
In 2015, she worked again with Georg Schmiedleitner for the play "Angel of Forgetting" by Maja Haderlap at the Vienna Burgtheater. Jakisic also worked under director Antú Romero Nunes on the pieces “The Power of Darkness” (musician) and “Hotel Europa or the Antichrist” (composition). For Junge Burg, Jakisic composed the soundtrack for the piece “Der Kick” , directed by Peter Raffalt.
In the 2015/16 season Matthias Jakisic composed for the first time together with Wolfgang Schlögl ( Sofa Surfers ) for the piece “Lights of the Suburbs” at the Lower Austria State Theater. The production in the version and staging by Alexander Charim was awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize 2016 in the category "Best State Performance".
Complete list of previous theater productions .
CD productions (selection)
| year | Artist / title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ballycotton, Joanna's Wedding | Songwriting, violin |
| Ballycotton, Fairytale | Songwriting, violin | |
| 1999 | Jig, reset | Songwriting, violin, production |
| Dieter Libuda, Timelight | violin | |
| 2001 | Belly sound, Don't Ask Me | Remix |
| Shut up, crystalline | violin | |
| 2004 | Still, still 3 | Violin, programming |
| 2005 | Belly sound, don't step | Songwriting, arrangement |
| Slava Grigoryan / Al Slavic, Continental Shift | Violin, string arrangement | |
| 2006 | Bauchklang, Rhythm of Time / Barking news | Songwriting |
| Belly sound, Many People | Songwriting, co-production | |
| Roia, Cute Little Fear | violin | |
| 2008 | Yok, yok | Production, violin, programming |
| 2009 | Phil Gould, Watertight | String arrangement |
| Al Slavik, Trust | String arrangement | |
| Peter Rosmanith, snow sand | violin | |
| Excuse Me Moses, Pole Shift | String arrangement | |
| 2010 | Francis International Airport, In The Woods | violin |
| 2012 | Belly Sound, Ray Remixed | Remix |
| Hallucination Company, Circus of Hallucinations | violin | |
| Gugabriel, Adam & Eve | String arrangement | |
| 2013 | I-Wolf, Skull & Bones | violin |
| Archives, Hatchet | Remix | |
| Rodney Hunter, Hunter Express | violin | |
| Dieter Libuda, Sofatimes | singing | |
| 2014 | Command elephant, tabula rasa | Songwriting, production, programming |
Theater productions
| theatre | piece | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Burgtheater Vienna | Parzival / Short Cut | composition |
| Tricky Love / Tristan and Isolde | composition | |
| Bonnie and Clyde | composition | |
| Alice in Wonderland | composition | |
| Peter Pan | Composition / Live | |
| The bat | composition | |
| Yellow moon | Composition / Live | |
| In 80 days around the world | Musician | |
| Christmas with Pettson and Findus | Musician | |
| Ego Shooter - Michael Kohlhaas | composition | |
| Don Quixote | composition | |
| King Lear | live | |
| The last days of humanity | Composition / Live | |
| Angel of oblivion | Composition / Live | |
| Hotel Europa or the Antichrist | Composition / Live | |
| The power of darkness | Musician | |
| The kick | composition | |
| Theater an der Josefstadt | flirtation | composition |
| Schauspielhaus Salzburg | To the beautiful view | composition |
| Schauspielhaus Graz | Miss Julie | composition |
| Schauspielhaus Vienna | Salon Désir. Sade. In the name of the father. | Speech machine recordings / editing |
| Freestyle | Sound recordings | |
| Academy Theater | The power of darkness | live |
| Jungle Vienna | sand | Composition / Live |
| surprise | Composition / Live | |
| dictator | Composition / Live | |
| Popcorn | Composition / Live | |
| Secret worlds | composition | |
| Cradle dance | composition | |
| Maxima and Moritza | composition | |
| Scented dreams | Composition / Live | |
| Mirror games | composition | |
| Cloud dreams | composition | |
| Theater without borders | Remember me - Shakespeare's Hamlet revisited | Composition / violin |
| Caprile Theater | Wonderful beasts | composition |
| Theater perpetual motion | To moskau | Live / violin |
| Scene of colorful waves | Day after tomorrow | Composition / Live |
| Theatrical accent | Wind in your mouth | violin |
| Lilium | The concert of the frogs | Composition (with Otto Lechner) |
| Schäxpir Theater for young audiences | I Jane - you Tarzan | composition |
| State Theater of Lower Austria | Suburban lights | composition |
| Comedy games Sophienalpe | The clothes exchange | composition |
Awards
In 1997 Jakisic received the Youngsters of Arts Award - the youth development award of the city of St. Pölten for young artists.
In 2012 Jakisic was nominated for the STELLA - Darstellender.Kunst.Preis for young audiences in the category "Outstanding Music" with five pieces ( "Bonny and Clyde" / Junge Burg, "Parzival / Short Cut" / Junge Burg, "Popcorn" / Dschungel Wien, "dictator" / Dschungel Wien, "Sand" / Dschungel Wien). He was honored for his music in "Sand", "Dictator", "Parzival / Short Cut" and "Bonny and Clyde".
Rationale of the national jury:
“ The music we are talking about sets the tone, provides impetus, intervenes on the stage and becomes an independent play partner. Sometimes it is quiet and minimalist, sometimes loud and weird - but it is always part of the staging with which it enters into an intimate relationship and develops its unmistakable sound. For his music he sometimes appears on stage as an actor with his violin, sometimes as a composer, sometimes as a sound designer and arranger - but his music always remains unmistakable and gives the staging a new dimension. He has been doing this for DSCHUNGEL WIEN for 5 years now and, since 2010, at Junge Burg. His music is versatile and idiosyncratic, it is a total work of art and solo performer and that is why he is a real theater musician. "
In 2016 the play “Lights of the Suburbs” was awarded the Nestroy Prize in the category “Best State Performance”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f “Taking you into other worlds with music: Interview with Matthias Jakisic” ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On Kulturwoche.at. Last accessed July 2, 2014.
- ^ "Short profile of Matthias Jakisic" Official website of Limmitationes. Last accessed July 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Artist profile Matthias Jakisic from Cadence Music" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Last accessed on July 1, 2014.
- ^ "Classical: NEXT Festival - Showcase Night # 1" Event information on porgy.at (Porgy and Bess Vienna). Last accessed on July 10, 2014.
- ↑ a b "Two violins full of contrasts" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article about Anton Burger and Matthias Jakisic on salzburger-fenster.at. Last accessed on June 10, 2014
- ^ "London International Arts Festival". Last accessed on January 28, 2016
- ^ "Live in Loops in the Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul". Last accessed on February 1, 2016
- ↑ "Austrian Embassy Brasilia - Culture" ( Memento of the original from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Last accessed on January 28, 2016
- ^ "Salzburg Festival 2014" Official homepage. Last accessed on July 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Liebelei am Theater in der Josefstadt" Official homepage of the Theater in der Josefstadt. Last accessed on July 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Angel of Forgetting: In the wood of boards of one's own history". Last accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ "Hotel Europa or Der Antichrist, Burgtheater Wien" ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Last accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ “The Kick” ( memento of the original from January 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Last accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ "Lights of the suburbs" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website of the Nestroy Theater Prize. Last accessed on November 23, 2016
- ↑ a b "STELLA 11 - The Prize Winners" Official website of ASSITEJ Austria. Last accessed on July 1, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jakisic, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jig (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian violinist, music producer and theater composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lower Austria |