Matthias Hacker
double bass
From day one, Matthias learns his instrument according to crossover manner: Following the „learning by doing“ principle often found with bassists, he enters the stage joining the jazzband 'Junky Jewels' only shortly after acquiring his first standup bass.
Parallel to performing gigs partly very bizarre ( one takes places on a bowling alley), Matthias is apprenticed to top class teachers for classical music, and works his way through the orchestral literature. In addition, he studies the jazz bass with Henk Haverhoek, Hans Roelofsen, and Hein van de Geyn in Arnheim.
Whether being a part of a differentiated string sound within an orchestra, or functioning as a grooving basis in jazz, soul or funk and pop bands: Matthias is absolutely aware of the fact that as a bassist he fulfills two roles completely different from each other. At numerous concerts worldwide, performing with musicians like Gitte Henning, Christoph Spendel, or Jimmy Owens, New School of Music NY scholarship holder Matthias demonstrates his musical versatileness.
Parallel to performing gigs partly very bizarre ( one takes places on a bowling alley), Matthias is apprenticed to top class teachers for classical music, and works his way through the orchestral literature. In addition, he studies the jazz bass with Henk Haverhoek, Hans Roelofsen, and Hein van de Geyn in Arnheim.
Whether being a part of a differentiated string sound within an orchestra, or functioning as a grooving basis in jazz, soul or funk and pop bands: Matthias is absolutely aware of the fact that as a bassist he fulfills two roles completely different from each other. At numerous concerts worldwide, performing with musicians like Gitte Henning, Christoph Spendel, or Jimmy Owens, New School of Music NY scholarship holder Matthias demonstrates his musical versatileness.