Mathias Heise

Danish composer, harmonica and keyboard player, born 1993. Mathias Heise is one of very few chromatic jazz harmonica players in Denmark, and blessed with an extraordinary musical talent of dimensions. He is very much inspired by the fusion genre, and in 2012 he founded his band ‘Mathias Heise Quadrillion’ with equally talented peers. Aged only 20, Mathias became internationally recognized in 2013, when he was crowned Chromatic Harmonica World Champion in Trossingen, Germany. In 2015, he was awarded ‘New Jazz Star of The Year’ in Denmark. In 2016 Mathias received the Danish Crown Prince Couple's 'Stardust Award', and in 2017 he was awarded with the prestigous 'Ben Webster Prize' being the youngest ever.