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A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Matthew Goodheart explores a variety of contemporary music forms. His broad foundation, technical innovations, and sensitivity have allowed him to develop a solid reputation as both a solo performer, collaborative artist, and composer. He has toured extensively in the US , Canada, and Europe, has released several recordings under his own name, and appears as a collaborator on several others.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

2009 European Tour:

Friday, May 15, 8:00 PM
Blaue Fabrik, Dresden, Germany
Quartet - Günter Heiz, tromb; Liz Albee, tpt; Matthew Goodheart - piano; George Cremaschi - bass

Saturday, May 16, 7.30 PM
Dorfkirche Kleinwaltersdorf, Freiberg, Germany
Quartet - Günter Heiz, tromb; Liz Albee, tpt; Matthew Goodheart - piano; George Cresmaschi - bass

Saturday, May 17, 5:00 PM
House Concert - Berlin, Germany
Art, Music and more! - click here to download pdf file
Duo- Günter Heiz, tromb; Matthew Goodheart - piano

Friday, May 22, 8:00 PM
Tenri, japanisch-deutsche Kulturwerkstat, Köln, Germany
set 1 - solo piano

set 2 - trio with Georg Wissel, saxophone and Melvin Poore, tuba
Karthäuser Wall 20
50678 Köl

Sunday May 24, 8:00 PM
House Concert, Bonn, Germany
with sue schlotte, cello
for more info email sue

Saturday, May 29, 8:30 PM
Trem Azul Jazz Store, Lisbon, Portugal
solo piano


Saturday, May 30, 8:30 PM
"Braço de Prata Factory", Lisbon, Portugal
solo piano

Poço do Bispo, Lisboa, 1700

Thursday, June 4, 8:30 PM
"Braço de Prata Factory", Lisbon, Portugal
with Woods:
JJoão Pedro Viegas - bass clarinet, José Bruno Parrinha - alto clarinet, Miguel Mira - cello, Eduardo Raon - harp, Ernesto Rodrigues - violin, Carlos Santos - electronics, Paulo Curado - soprano saxophone, flute, Emídio Buchinho - electric guitara Factory", at 22:30.

Saturday, June 6, 8:00 PM
ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
solo piano

 

SOUND INSTALLATION:
June 21: Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA
Transducer Actived Metal Percussion Instruments (better name coming soon!) As detailed in my
blog

 

NEW CD RELEASES:

SIX - selections from six years of solo piano performances throught the US, Europe, and Turkey now available from Evander Music, as well as digital downloads coming soon.

QUODLIBET - The long awaited "jazz disc" from Zen Widow is now available at CDBaby. Digital downlaods are available there, and will soon be on iTunes, emusic, Rhapsody, and others.

SONGS FROM THE TIME OF GREAT QUESTIONING - this album of live solo piano music from 1997 is now available in digital form at CDBaby, iTunes, emusic, Rhapsody, and others.

PUBLICATIONS:

Spectral World Musics - the proceedings from the Istanbul Spectral Music Conference, comes with a 2 disc set, with music and essays by Matthew Goodheart, Iancu Dumitrescu, Anna Marie Avram, Pieter Snapper, Kani Karaca, Curtis Rhodes, Eve McPherson, and many others. Available here and here.a

 

 

You can also check out my new blog over at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, which documents my research into transducer activated metal percussion instruments.

Click here for my essay Lachenmann at Mills published in the March and April issues of the Transbay Music Calendar.

Click here listen to the recent interview on "From the Banks of the Mainstream" with Jaqueline Sue