Mathias is a musician who has worked professionally for over a decade. Music has brought him around the world, through most of Europe, Israel and the US, and he has grown to become a musician with an acute sensitivity, and presence.

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mathias Højgaard Jensen got involved with music at the age of 9 when he taught himself to read sheet music at the piano. At age 10 he picked up the electric bass and music gradually found a way deeper into his life. He got formal training at the talent program at Hørsholm Music school and later at Sankt Annæ Gymnasium and MGK, where fell in love with jazz and started playing double bass. After a stay at the exclusive jazz program at Fridhems Folkhögskola in southern Sweden, he moved to Berlin for his bachelor in Jazz Perfomance. Here he studied under and drew from the musical experiences of many internationally renowned artists including, Greg Cohen, Kurt Rosenwinkel, John Hollenbeck and Jim Black.

In Berlin, Mathias gained a lot of professional experience playing and touring with a variety of bands of ensembles, most notably Holon Trio. In 2015 the band won a prize at the International Burghausener Jazzpreis along with an hour long feature, on Bayerischer Rundfunk.

In the fall of 2018 Mathias went to New York to become part of the vibrant world epicenter of jazz, and to take his masters degree at Manhattan School of Music. At MSM he was the student of bass legend Buster Williams, and a student of composition under Jim McNeely’s guidance. In May 2020 he graduated and moved back to Copenhagen due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

While in Copenhagen he was commissioned to compose an Orchestral piece which premiered in Hamburg in July of 2021 and was performed by Holon Trio and Ensemble Reflektor under the conduction of Holly Hyun Cho. The piece was recorded and released on Paschen Records in March 2022 on the album “Ad Astra.”

Now back in Brooklyn, New York City, Mathias is becoming well situated in the scene and can be heard performing in various clubs and venues across town. “Is As Is” was released in 2024 in the Fresh Sound New Talent label, featuring New York sessioneers Jacob Sacks on piano, altoist David Mirarchi and drummer Steven Crammer.

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