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Matthias Kamps was born in 1971 in Rhede, a small town in
the west of Germany. He received his first trumpet lessons at the age of
seven from his father, and continued his studies at the Folkwang-Hochschule
in Essen under the tuition of Rudolf Haase. Further studies took him to
Chicago and Amsterdam. During this time he gave many concerts, especially as
part of a trumpet and organ duo, and gained orchestral experience in several
German orchestras, including the Junge Deutsche Philhar-monie. In 1996 he
received an award from the Herbert von Karajan trust fund, and became
a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestral Academy. He completed his
studies there with Martin Kretzer and took part in concerts and tours with
the orchestra, also appearing as a soloist in many German and European
cities.
He has been a member of the orchestra of Berlin’s Komische Oper since
1998.
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