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Matthias Drude

(* 1960 in Dannenberg/Germany)

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Matthias Drude

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Matthias Drude was born on 18th May 1960 in Prisser, in the North German district of Dannenberg. He received his first piano lessons at the age of six. Later he began to play the trombone and to learn composition under the tuition of Christoph Hempel and Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski, both at the music school in Hanover .

 

Having left secondary school, he commenced his studies of music and history in Hanover, subsequently studying Theory of music and composition under Diether de la Motte (Hanover) and Ulrich Leyendecker ( Hamburg ).

 

Between 1984 and 1993 he taught harmony and gave aural training at the colleges of music in Hanover and, since 1988, in Lübeck.

 

Between 1990 and 1993 he was vice-president of the North German section of the the “Deutscher Komponistenverband“ (Association of German Composers), since 2001 president of the Saxonian section.

 

Since the winter semester 1993/94 he has been working as a full-time-lecturer (2001 professor) at the college of sacred music in Dresden , his subjects encompassing theory of music, aural training, playing from scores, theory of musical forms and instruments.

 

In 1999 he was invited at the Universtity of the Plilippines for teaching composition as a guest lecturer.

 

Matthias Drude was awarded the Lower Saxony scholarship for young talent, as well a scholarship for composers allowing him to spend a period at the artists’ colony of Schreyahn. He also won prizes for his orchestral composition “Puppenspiele” (Puppet-show) and for his string quartet.

 

His work includes four oratorios (“Christmas Oratorio”), compositions for orchestra, choir, piano, organ, guitar, accordion, brass ensemble, furthermore chamber music and lieder. Drude’s works are scored in traditional notation and performers value their practicability, craftsmanship and their depth of emotion.

 

At present working as a university professor and freelance composer, Matthias Drude lives in Dresden with his wife Andrea and son Niklas.


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