DRUMMER/COMPOSER/RESEARCHER
CONCERTS AND LECTURES
Luis Mora Matus is a Chilean drummer, composer, and researcher currently living in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He started playing drums at the age of 15. When he turned 18, he moved to Sao Paulo, Brasil, to study at the prestigious Souza Lima/Berklee conservatory. In 2009, at the age of 22, he moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands to continue his education at Codarts (Rotterdam Conservatory). Over there he finished his Bachelor and Masters in Jazz Drums. Since the year 2021, Luis is pursuing a PhD at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research project is about expanding the possibilities for contemporary jazz drum improvisation through the adaptation of techniques and concepts from progressive metal.
He has been invited to present his research at international conferences, including ‘Doctors in Performance’ at the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK; IASPM Benelux at Codarts in Rotterdam, Netherlands; the Australasian Jazz & Improvisation Research Network for Artistic Research Network conference at the University of Melbourne, in Melbourne, Australia; ‘Doctoral Day’ at the MIM in Brussels, Belgium; and the third International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz conference at JAM MUSIC LAB University in Vienna, Austria.
Luis is a fixed member of at least 10 different bands, in which he showcases one of his most unique attributes: versatility. He plays and composes for bands that range from avant-garde jazz, to South-American folk/jazz, and from latin/funk to Frank Zappa tributes.
Additionally, in his free time, he’s been working on two different ideas, “Luis-Daniel” and “Classical Jazz Drumming.” In CLJ he takes the freedom to do re-interpretations of a select number of classical pieces, in which he composes a drum part in a contemporary jazz style. Luis-Daniel is about learning all the jazz pieces that he has transcribed and learning them as if he was a left handed and footed drummer.
ABOUT
VIDEOS
MUSIC
Rafael Aguilar (Rafael Aguilar) To be released in 2025
Quantum Trio (Quantum Trio) To be released in 2025
Sweet Toko (Sweet Toko) To be released in 2025
Cocoliche Trio (Cabernet) Released in 2024
Piergiorgio Pirro (Fold/unfold/refold) Released in 2024
Juliana Martina (Laman) Released in 2023
Solaris (Solaris) Released in 2023
La Roska (La Roska) Released in 2022
Davina Marinozzi (Desiderio) Released in 2022
Wishlake (Drowning) Released in 2022
André Ochodlo (Layla) Released in 2020
Quantum Trio (Quality Studio Live) Released in 2019
Quantum Trio (Red Fog) Released in 2019
Ofelia (Ofelia) Released in 2019
Sambaya (O norte do norte) Released in 2019
Dichter (Dichter) Released in 2019
Andre Ochodlo (Shalom: Live at Atelier) Released in 2018
Los Paja Brava (Mighty mighty freak'n della distrópica) Released in 2017
Andre Ochodlo (Yiddishland) Released in 2017
Tentempiés (A mi propio paso) Released in 2017
Quantum Trio (Particules) Released in 2017
Quantum Trio (Waves) Released in 2017
Andre Ochodlo (Polin) Released in 2017
Jun Hyun An Quintet (Dreams & Phantasms) Released in 2016
Ermis Michail Quintet (Minor Change) Released in 2016
Quantum Trio (Gravity) Released in 2015
Threeism (Threeism) Released in 2015
Alex Rossi (Alex Rossi Plays Jobim) Released in 2013
Thanks for visiting! For contact, please write to
luismoramatus@outlook.com
