- Trumpet & Flügelhorn Player from Cologne / Germany
- born 1972 in Emden
- studied at Hilversum Conservatory/ Amsterdam School of Arts / NL 1992-1997
- leads his own Quintett (CD Still Time Jazz4ever 4789)
- teaches Jazz Trumpet at Musikhochschule Köln and Glen Buschmann Jazz Akademie Dortmund
- Duo Projects with Oliver Schroer (Organ), Jürgen Friedrich (Piano) and Arne Bohnet (Piano)
- regular member of the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra and Peter Herbolzheimers Rhythm Combination & Brass
- co-leads the Paul Heller - Matthias Bergmann Quintett and the Marcus Bartelt - Matthias Bergmann NDW Projekt
- recorded more than 30 CDs as a Sideman with the bands of Frank Sackenheim, Andreas Schnermann, Francois de Ribaupierre, Uli Brodersen and many others and toured more than 25 countries
- played with Dianne Reeves, Charlie Mariano, New York Voices, Till Brönner, Lee Konitz, Peter Weniger, Wolfgang Haffner, James Morrison, Judy Niemack, Achim Kaufmann, Emil Mangelsdorff, Andy Middleton, Jochen Rückert, Dejan Terzic, Jan von Klewitz, Antonio Farao, Nicolas Simion, Nils Wogram, David Liebman, Martin Sasse, Efrat Alony, Adrian Mears, Tony Lakatos, Gerd Dudek, Gerard Presencer, Arno Haas, Lilly Thornton, Milan Svoboda, Anke Helfrich, Roger Cicero, Jean Francois Prins, Heiri Kaenzig, Dan Gottshall, Thomas Cremer, Peter Weiss, Matthias Nadolny, Romy Camerun, Hayden Chisholm, Werner Neumann, John Goldsby, Hubert Nuss, Phil Maturano, Andre Nendza, Mathias Haus, Natalie Hausmann Le Diffus, Rolf Römer Quintett, Tomatic 7, Five, Christoph Eidens Band, Florian Ross Sextett/Quintett/Quartett, Ansgar Striepens - Matthias Bergmann Quintett, J.Moods Quintett, Zabriskie Point, Oliver Leicht-Matthias Bergmann Quartett, Schickentanz 5, Soko, Jens Böckamp Quartett, Pablo Held Trio, Kristina Brodersen - Tobias Weindorf Quartett, Stefan Rademacher, Stella, Sorry it’s Jazz, Martin Schrack Quintett, Minas Alexiadis Band, Anette von Eichel Band, Thomas Winther Andersen Line Up, Roland Gebhardt, Lena Bloch Quintett, Johannes Klose Sextett, Rue de Paris, Michael Flügel Quintett, John Hondorp Trio, Walking Shoes, Bescay, Spillwark, Flowriders, NDR Big Band, WDR Big Band, HR Big Band, Rainer Tempel Big Band, Sunday Night Orchestra, Cologne Concert Big Band, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Jazzorchester Niedersachsen, Paul Kuhn Big Band, Summit Jazz Orchestra, Jam Factory Big Band, Big Band Convention, Tobias Kremer Big Band feat. Tom Gäbel, Konrad Koselleck Big Band, Rostow-Dortmund International Big Band feat. Dennis Rowland, Century of Song Big Band feat. Wolfgang Niedecken, Helmut Krumminga, Anne de Wolff, Mike Herting and many many others.
