Mathis Stier
Rising Stars – Open Doors
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Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation- Bassoon
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Mathis Stier
Bassoon
Bassonist Mathis Stier is a musician likewise at home in established as well as unknown paths, in a variety of formations he plays a repertoire from early music until contemporary and improvisation. In 2022 he presented music of the 18th century in his debut album Sentiment at Alpha classics.
After having been awarded prizes as the second prize and audience award at the ARD International Music Competition he played at the Beethovenfest Bonn, in the Kölner Philharmonie as well as the chamber halls of Konzerthaus Berlin and the Elbphilharmonie, with ensembles as the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble reflektor, the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra.
As a chamber musician Mathis played with the Goldmund Quartet, the Franz Ensemble and the Carousel Ensemble, he was invited to chamber music festivals in France and Spain and plays frequently concerts with the accordionist Julius Schepansky.
As an orchestra musician Mathis played with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, since 2016 he is solo bassoonist of the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne.
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Rie Akamatsu
Harpsichord and Piano
Rie Akamatsu was born and raised in Saitama, Japan. She graduated with Bachelor of Music in Tokyo at the Kunitachi University of Music with the highest grade. She graduated with a Master’s degree in solo piano, for which she received a scholarship from the city of Saitama, at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln with Prof. Lobanov and Prof. Scheps. There she also graduated with Master of Music Liedbegleitung with Prof. Ulrich Eisenlohr. In addition to her studies, she received important impulses from, among others, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Dang Tai Son, Pavel Gililov, Michel Beroff, Dina Yoffe, Antony Spiri, Cristian Beldi, Christoph Prégardien, Michael Gees, Roger Vignoles and Konrad Richter.
She performs regularly at home and abroad as a chamber musician and lied accompanist. She has a wide repertoire in all music eras. Rie Akamatsu is well versed in playing the historical fortepiano and the harpsichord as well as she is open to experimental instrumentations. In 2015 she won first prize in the HfMT's internal Liedduo Competition and the Festival Vocallis Prize in 2016. In 2017 she won 1st prize at the International Chamber Music Competition in Chieri/Italy. In 2018 she performed at the Kölner Philharmonie. Since 2017 she is playing regularly with Mathis Stier, solo bassoonist of WDR Symphony Orchestra. She performed with him at the Beethovenfest Bonn, at the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in the last three years.
Rie Akamatsu was engaged as piano accompanist in the bassoon class of Prof. Georg Klütsch, as well as in various singing classes at the HfMT Cologne. She has been invited, e.g. for the ARD Music Competition, the International Instrumental Competition Markneukirchen and Deutscher Musikwettbewerb.Today she is piano accompanist for the bassoon and trumpet classes in Cologne.
Philipp Böddecker
Sonata sopra “La Monica”, for bassoon and continuo
María Sigfúsdóttir
Remembering, for bassoon and electronics *
Camille Saint-Saëns
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, in G major, op. 168
Lera Auerbach
I walk unseen
Heinz Holliger
Klaus-Ur, for bassoon solo
Daniel Schnyder
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
* Commissioned by Elbphilharmonie and Kölner Philharmonie, with the support of ECHO.
Mathis Kaspar Stier is presented by Elbphilharmonie and Kölner Philharmonie.
As a member of the ECHO – European Concert Hall Organisation network, comprising a group of prestigious concert halls across Europe, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is once again opening its doors to receive the Rising Stars cycle.
Throughout a musically intense day, the focus will be on the rising stars of contemporary interpretation and music creation, and the public will be able to see live the exceptionality of some of the youngsters selected to be part of the Rising Stars. Once again, the programme privileges the diversity of proposals, with performances by musicians of exceptional talent. In the context of Open Doors, a varied programme and a festive musical atmosphere is provided in an informal setting.
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