Matthias Rácz

Matthias Rácz (* 1980 in Berlin ) is a German bassoonist .

Career

Matthias Rácz was born in Berlin and began his musical training at the age of 6, initially on the piano and at the age of 10 also on the bassoon. During his school days at the artistic Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Gymnasium in Berlin he was tutored by Fritz Finsch. During his studies he was a student of Dag Jensen at the Hanover University of Music and Theater . He took part in competitions at an early age and won several first federal prizes in the Jugend musiziert competition in solo and chamber music ratings. During his musical education he was awarded various grants, such as a scholarship from the "Jürgen Ponto Foundation", the "Villa Musica", the "PE support group for music students" and the "German National Academic Foundation".

At the age of 15 he made his debut as a soloist with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra in the television production “Young Artists on the Podium”. Further concerts followed with the Interlochen-World-Youth-Symphony Orchestra (Michigan / USA), the Ensemble Resonanz, the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock , the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana , the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin and the Tonhalle -Orchester Zurich , to name just a few. He was a guest soloist at many music festivals such as the Mozart Festival Schwetzingen, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival and the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival.

At the international music competition Pacem in Terris 2000 in Bayreuth he received the 3rd prize in the overall ranking of all woodwind instruments. In 2002 he won 1st prize at the international music competition “Prague Spring” and in the same year he won 2nd prize in the bassoon category at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich.

Artistic activity

At the age of 21 he became principal bassoonist in the Gürzenich Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker and since 2003 he has held the same position in the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich . He is also principal bassoonist in the Lucerne Festival Orchestra .

His CD productions, including 2013 with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie under Johannes Klumpp , his concert recordings from various radio stations, as well as television and radio productions, document his artistic work.

Teaching

Regardless of his young age, Matthias Rácz was invited by Seiji Ozawa to teach the Ongaku-juku Opera Project in Japan in 2003 . At the age of 24 he gave his first international masterclass for bassoon and since then he has had many masterclasses around the world. He is also the artistic director of the international oboe and bassoon competition "The Muri Competition" in Muri AG / Switzerland.

Matthias Racz is professor for bassoon at the Zurich University of Music and Theater.

Discography

• Robert Schumann: 5 pieces in Volkston (op.102) for violoncello and piano, fantasy pieces for clarinet and piano (op.73), three romances for oboe and piano (op.94), Adagio and Allegro for violoncello and piano (op. 70), forest scenes for piano (op.82)

• Pictures at an exhibition , works by Alan Stephenson, Astor Piazzolla, Modest Mussorgsky and Oscar Petersen with the Quadriga Bassoon Ensemble, 2004

• Paul Juon, Quintet in D minor (op.33), Chamber Symphony (op.27), coproduction with the Swiss radio DRS 2

• Mozart, Hummel, Weber - Bassoon Concertos , Matthias Racz, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie under Johannes Klumpp, Ars production 2013

Individual evidence

1. ^ Article from the journal "Rohrblatt", Schorndorf 18 (2003) issue 2
2. ^ Article from the Kölnische Rundschau, November 2002
3. ↑ Orchestra members - bassoon ( memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Lecturers of the Opera Project
5. ^ Artistic direction bassoon Matthias Rácz
6. ↑ Matthias Racz - Professor at the ZHdK ( Memento of the original from March 9, 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.  

Web links

• Matthias Racz's website