Matthias Kadar

Matthias Kadar (born 1977), composer, was born in Paris of Hungarian-German parents. After a short study in economics, he decided to concentrate on music and composition.

At the National Remembrance Ceremony of the 4th of May 2009 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam in the presence of H.M. the Queen of the Netherlands, H.R.H. the Prince of Orange, H.R.H. Princess Máxima, government officials and members of parliament, two compositions of his for women quire and tenor solo were performed: Is dit een mens on a text by Primo Levi in the translation of Jan van der Haar and Navertellen on a text by Wim De Bie. These compositions were commissioned by the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei of the Netherlands.

In 2012 he gave in the Netherlands a number of concerts together with the Dutch Chamber Choir for which he composed and arranged the hole program and was invited to perform as a soloist and presentator.

As a singer and chansonnier, he is, next to his work as a soloist, performing together with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in an opera of Iván Fischer or with different groupes. Until 2014 he was part of the Trio Trio de Passage together with saxophonist Hester Cnossen and puppeteer Feike Boschma.

In 2016 his new composition on Casanova will be performed by himself as a soloist and the ensemble of the Ij-Salon consisting mainly of players of the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 2015 his composition Peintures for the David Kweksilber Bigband and Leo van Oostrom as a saxophone soloist was performed at a Jazz Jubilee in Arnhem and in the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. In 2014 his composition for orchestra Lebam commissioned by the NSO orchestra and the Dutch Performing Art Funds was performed in the 10 great halls of The Netherlands including the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. From 2012 to 2014 he has performed as a soloist singer with dance groupe LeineRoebana in the production NexT.