Matthias Müller

Matthias Müller is a German trombonist and improviser who has lived in Berlin since 2004. Originally trained in jazz trombone at the Folkwang Hochschule, he works at the intersection of free improvisation, contemporary composition and experimental performance, developing an unusually broad range of extended brass techniques.

He is a member of Splitter Orchester and has collaborated with musicians including John Butcher, Axel Dörner, Sofia Jernberg and George Lewis. His projects have toured internationally, and he teaches trombone and improvisation at the University of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar. He was nominated for the German Jazz Prize in 2024.