{"id":6402,"date":"2022-12-06T20:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/?page_id=6402"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:08:06","slug":"komponist-saxophonist-floetist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"composer . saxophonist . flutist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-c4471607 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);\">At the end of our phone call, James Last asked me, \"Do you also play the Chinese bamboo flute?\" \"Of course,\" I said, thinking to myself, why not? And just like that, I was hired. I got myself a Dizi, practiced until my lips were sore, and \"Autumn Moon\" became one of my favorite pieces to perform on tour with James Last. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mat Clasen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">has been working for over 35 years as a freelance saxophonist, flutist and increasingly as a composer of chamber music works as well as jazzy and funky pieces. During his career he played and recorded for James Last, Otto Waalkes, Regy Clasen, Jan Delay, Sasha, Helene Fischer and many other renowned artists. Mat can be heard as a studio musician on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/en\/diskografie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"discography\">130 Tontr\u00e4gern<\/a> of various genres. For some time he has been performing his spectacular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/en\/saxophon-solo-show\/\">Saxophone Solo Show<\/a> , which not only incorporates his experiences and onstage an backstage stories as a musician and sideman, but also his many years of work as a poetry slammer. He recorded his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivers-of-gold.de\/\">current album<\/a> together with his longtime friend and duo partner Joachim Goerke on the piano. It is titled \"Rivers of Gold\" and can be acquired - along with a growing selection of Mat's compositions - in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/en\/product-category\/shop\/\">website shop<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Next Gigs and Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-size:0.8rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-disabled uagb-block-01ba938f     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-1 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"3\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matclasen.de\/en\/18-05-26-gedelitz\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">18.05.26 &#8211; 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