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Daniel Matej

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Daniel Matej

(9. 3. 1963 Bratislava)


Classical Music: composition, conducting, keyboards, electric instruments

1983 – 1989 music theory studies at Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava
1987 a foundation member and art director of the VENI ensemble
1987 – 1992 studies of composition at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava (Ivan Parík)
1988 the International ISCM Composer‘s Workshop in Dolny Kazimierz, Poland (Luigi Nono, Luc Ferrari a i.)
1988 – 1989 Conservatoire National Supérieur de la Musique in Paris (composition Betsy Jolas)
1989 – 1990 a teacher of music at the Basic School of Arts in Bratislava
1990 a scholarship holder of the Music fund and the director of programming at Evenings of New Music festival
1990 – 1992 Royal Conservatory (Koninklijk Conservatorium) in the Hague (composition – Louis Andriessen)
1991 – 1994 postgradual studies of music theory at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava
1994 - 1997 doctoral study of composition at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava (Juraj Beneš)
1992 participant at Dartington Summer Music School (electronic and environmental music – Trevor Wishart, Robert Worby)
1993 co-founder of the ensemble Požoň sentimentál
1994 founder and the main redactor of the programme The Studio of New Music in the radio RAGTIME; co-founder of the slovak section of ISCM; mover, co-founder and artistic director of the ensemble VAPORI del CUORE
1995 – 1996 a scholarship holder „composer-in-residence“ based on a grant from DAAD in Berlin
1996 mover, co-founder and artistic director of the ensemble appendix CONSORT
1997 - 2003 artistic director and main dramaturgist of the international festival Evenings of New Music
since 1997 he lectures history of music, composition and the music theory at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava (since 2002 - scientific assistant)
2003 chairman of the Slovak section ISCM
2004 lectureship, composition at the Academy of Music and Drama in Bratislava

Link to Personal Website

 
 
Discography
 
LP
VENI

VENI

Globus International 210027-1111 (1990)

Musica aeterna
- VENI ensemble - Jozef Baán (dir.)

 
CD
Contemporary Experimental Music from Eastern Europe 'From Gdansk till Dawn'

Contemporary Experimental Music from Eastern Europe 'From Gdansk till Dawn'

Leonardo Music Journal CD Series Volume 12, Cambridge (MA 2002)

SATIollagE
- realizácia ExŠ SRO

VAPORI del CUORE / Great Dance

LOTZ trio - Slovak period & contemporary basset horn treasures

LOTZ trio - Slovak period & contemporary basset horn treasures

Music Fund SF 00562131 (2008)

3m für WAM
- Lotz Trio

 

Lieder ohne Worte (Songs wihtout Words)

Atrakt Art (2007)

don@u.com / Lieder ohne Worte
- Christian Fennesz (elgui) - Christian Fennesz (C) - Martin Siewert (elgui) - Martin Siewert (lap) - Martin Brandlmayr (bat) - Marek Piaček (fl) - Marek Piaček (v) - Marek Piaček (C) - Ronald Šebesta (cl) - Peter Zagar (pf) - Peter Zagar (sth) - Daniel Matej (turn) - Daniel Matej (C)

Daniel Matej - Schneller, weiter, höher

Daniel Matej - Schneller, weiter, höher

Music Fund SF 00482131 (2006)

In the End…
- VENI ensemble

Schneller, weiter, höher
- ARCANA ensemble

('Nikabrik' or 'Trumpkin'?)
- Anne La Berge (fl) - Eleonóra Škutová (pf)

A Set of Five Pick-Outs
- Ivan Šiller (pf)

JAUNE, BLEUE, ROUGE
- VENI ensemble

Visions - Slovak Music for Cello and Accordion

Visions - Slovak Music for Cello and Accordion

Discant DK 0094-2 131 (2006)

Nice
- Duo Eugen Prochác - Rajmund Kákoni - Eugen Prochác (vc) - Rajmund Kákoni (ac)

Alpine Songs - Refrains - Point Zero

Alpine Songs - Refrains - Point Zero

Atrakt Art YA 0002-2-331 (2003)

VAPORI del CUORE / Alfred Zimmerlin / Alpine Songs

Refrains
- VAPORI del CUORE

VAPORI del CUORE / Günter Müller / Point Zero

opera aperta ensemble - post-minimal set

opera aperta ensemble - post-minimal set

Institute of Media OF 0002 2 331 (2002)

Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten seyn
- OPERA APERTA ensemble

In the East

In the East

ORF MP02 CD 01 (2002)

VAPORI del CUORE / Alpine Songs 2
- VAPORI del CUORE

STATE OF THE UNION 2.001

STATE OF THE UNION 2.001

Electronic Music Foundation EMF CD 028, New York (2001)

SHARP (on B-A-C-H)

3/4 revue

3/4 revue

Atrakt Art (2000)

VAPORI del CUORE / Microcosmos

BETWEEN

BETWEEN

MUSICA 790023-2, Viedeň (1995)

Always
- Eleonóra Škutová (pf) - Miki Skuta (pf)

383 – Music for Two (in the “Mondschein”)
- VENI ensemble - Anton Popovič (dir.) - Jana Pastorková (s)

Musica aeterna
- VENI ensemble - Anton Popovič (dir.)

Video (Billboards)
- VENI ensemble - Anton Popovič (dir.)

(Two) Lullabies
- VENI ensemble

VENI ensemble

VENI ensemble

Music Fund SF 0004 2131 (1992)

Gloria
- VENI ensemble - Tonino Battista (dir.)

Bratislava Veni Ensemble

Bratislava Veni Ensemble

Hevhetia HV 0027-2-331

Make love not art! (Lucy’s Diamonds Are Forever)
- VENI ensemble - Anton Popovič (dir.)

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY

ERDMANN, M.: Einfache Dinge und böse Träume (Jednoduché veci a zlé sny). In: MusikTexte - Zeitschrift für Neue Musik 2007/8, s. 60-65

PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Meredith Monk : Impermanence [recenzia CD]. In: Hudobný život 2008/3-4, s. 52

Nur die notwendigen Dinge tun... (Robiť iba nevyhnutné...). In: MusikTexte - Zeitschrift für Neue Musik 2007/8, s. 66-70

Chat Noir - dialogue with P. Zagar. In: Musical Life 2006/11-12, s. 36-37