Matthias Beckmann (born October 5, 1984) is a German

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trumpeter and flugelhornist, instructor, composer and arranger. Beckmann was born in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

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and began playing trumpet in a trombone choire as a child. Then he studied music at the

Royal Conservatory of The Hague The Royal Conservatoire ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium, KC) is a conservatoire in The Hague, providing higher education in music and dance. The conservatoire was founded by King William I in 1826, making it the oldest conservatoire in the Netherl ...

and ArtEZ Conservatorium Enschede under

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. He joined several master classes amongst others with

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and

Till Brönner Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a jazz musician, trumpeter, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer. History From 1989–1991, Brönner was a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combinati ...

. Matthias Beckmann worked in projects with

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, Roger Trash, Markus Wentz and the Soulband "Soulfamily". He plays a B5 trumpet and a BR2 fluegelhorn from Hub van Laar.

Awards

* Winner at Jugend jazzt NRW (2005)

Discography

* ''Mpenzi Wangu'' (2017 Mons Records)

References

External links

website in German

discographie at allmusic

Artis page at Van Laar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beckmann, Matthias 1984 births Living people People from Münster German jazz trumpeters German male trumpeters 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century German male musicians German male jazz musicians