Matthias Lorenz


Matthias Lorenz is a German cellist.

Life

Born in Bensheim, Lorenz studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with Gerhard Mantel and participated in courses given by Siegfried Palm and Wolfgang Boettcher. Since the end of his studies in 1991 he has been working as a freelance cellist, first in Frankfurt.
Already at the beginning of his studies, Lorenz had decided to play mainly contemporary music. This led to numerous premieres and contacts with living composers. His work in the field of contemporary music can be divided into three areas: solo - piano trio - ensemble:
Other genres are constantly being added to this activity: improvised ballet music for the Frankfurt Ballet under Bill Forsythe, Gormenghast with Irmin Schmidt or various radio plays with Albrecht Kunze.

Discography