Matthias

Matthias Pichler Born 1981 in Rum (Austria). With the age of 10 he started playing trumpet and with 15 he started having classes on the double bass at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium. He studied from 1996 to 2000 at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium. In the year 2000 he moved to Linz to study jazz at the private university "Anton-Bruckner" with Adelhard Roidinger. He has performed live with Wolfgang Muthspiel, Harry Sokals Roots Ahead, Peter O’Mara Quartett, Maria Bill, Allen Praskin Trio, Lorenz Raabs xy-Band, Beni Schmids „Violin Summit“ with Mark Feldman and Didier Lockwood, Thomas und Jochen Rückert, Martin Reiter, Reinhard Micko, Klaus Dickbauer, Herwig Gradischnig, Johannes Enders, Marc Copland, Rob Bargad, Mike Holober, Kirk Lightsy, John Swana, Jesse van Rueller, Jazzwerkstatt, etc....... 2005 he won the "Hans-Koller(HK) New York Scholarship". 2006 he won the "HK Sideman Award" and was also nominated for the "HK Newcomer Award".