Video 1: “Samba Italiano” (Frank Marocco) Accordionfestival Stadskanaal 2015
Video 2: “Big Band Medley”

Matthias is one of the international guests in the Digital Suite at NAA this March. He will present a workshop, “Chances of the Digital Accordion on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 11: AM during which he will demonstrate his approach to increase the accordion’s attraction with the help of the digital accordion. He will showcase how to work with different sound and arrangements, talk about access to modern literature and new ways of playing the digital accordion.

He lives in Gingen an der Fils, Germany and was one of the first Jazz Accordion Bachelors in Hans-Günther Kölz’s class at the Hohner Conservatory Trossingen and the Institute of Music at the University Osnabrück. Versed in many musical styles his repertoire reaches from classical music and original works to jazz, pop and rock. Besides solo projects on classical and digital accordion Matthias works as an arranger, composer and songwriter; amongst others for his Crossover Band „Synthonic Rock“ and different duo projects with Leonie Kratz featuring classical soprano and movement.

Milestones of his career are first prizes of numerous national and international contests such as “Deutscher Akkordeon Musikpreis“, “Jugend musiziert“, “Roland V-Accordion Festival“ and ” Coupe Mondiale“. His musical activity also includes journalism, education and lectureships.

As a soloist, Matthias played works for accordion and symphony orchestra and is a member of Germany’s Federal Accordion Orchestra. Matthias has gained experience in radio and TV shows and played concerts all over the world (Shanghai, Peking, Seoul, Tokyo, Ankara, St. Petersburg, Costa Rica, the USA and Europe).

Matthias Matzke is known as pioneer for the digital accordion and also studied electronic music at the Hohner Conservatory. Finding modern ways to express music on his instrument has always been his vision. The accordion may sometimes be underestimated – this, however, makes the instrument the more promising in his eyes.