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A SELECTION OF CLASSICAL DREAMS

A selection of classical dreams - music for those of us whose hearts have turned to ice: Concerto pour Marimba, Vibraphone et Orchèstre (Darius Milhaud); Pavane pour une infante défunte (Maurice Ravel); Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041; Sonata in E minor BWV 1034 (Johann Sebastian Bach) etc.


"The transparency within Matthias' music spreads infinite meditative particles into the air, as if we were seeing through the transparent model of an architecture. Whenever it comes to this moment, we are tempted to ruminate and reflect life over and over."


"Milhaud‘s Concerto pour marimba, vibraphone et orchèstre is still the state of the art in concertos for mallet instruments."


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PERCUSSIVE PORTRAITS

MATTHIAS DAHMS‘ INTERNATIONAL ART SUMMIT

PERCUSSIVE PORTRAITS - a solo performance  combining exotic instruments like vibraphone/marimba, cymbals/gongs, percussion instruments and electronic gear. Including famous compositions of different musical eras (original scores and transcriptions) by Astor Piazzolla, Arvo Paert, Johann Sebastian Bach, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul Smadbeck, Toshimitsu Tanaka, John Cage and Matthias Dahms. A variety of suggestive atmospheres are arising throughout the performance: zen-gardens, jungle, temples, trance, nighttime perfume, ritual, sorrow, joy and serenity.


Apart from authentic interpretation of each work Matthias Dahms is focussing on research in new universes of sound by interpreting own compositions and transcriptions. Being one of the few vibists in the world, using a midi-vibraphone within contemporary classical music (i.e. Stockhausen, Piazzolla), Matthias is enjoying to add artificial electronic sounds to the natural sound of his Musser M-48 vibraphone thus to achieve an even wider variety of sounds.

Booking: agent.liu @ web.de

The Sound of Gold PERCUSSION GROUP

Escape the ordinary: cosmic percussion music for vibraphone, cymbals, gongs, drums, percussion and electronic gear. Matthias Dahms managed to transform all his experience into a unique and exciting music, called ‘The Sound of Gold‘. This colourful dream-like music is the result of musical experience of long standing, ranging from soundtracks to contemporary house, deep house, trance and ambient music.

Travelling through the wide and wild age of miracles, THE SOUND OF GOLD PERCUSSION GROUP introduces the invisible driving force behind them. Elements of modern electronic music, house, chillout, trance and ambient are masterly combined with the fascinating sounds of uncommon instruments (i.e. vibraphone & gongs) to seduce the listener to a trip into a secret, mystic and sometimes mysterious new world.

This fantastic world is built on pulsating rhythms. There are delight, mystery, rhythm, speed and creativity - and the cosmic sound vanishes in a cheer...

THE SOUND OF GOLD - magic feelings of a universe of dreams.


"Rhythmical percussionism together with classical dream, Matthias Dahms created a music that conquers all. " (United Daily News, Taiwan)

Booking: agent.liu @ web.de