Description

The PREMIUM R1a reed is suitable for daily study and for playing piano repertoire.
“These reeds have a round sound and are flexible and easy to play in all bassoon registers. Ready to play legato and staccato, piano and forte”
These reeds have been made with cane from Mateo Reeds Selection from Bondcane tubes. These canes have been made & tested in hardness, density, and flexibility & taking into account the most optimal values in each of the parameters by Mateo Reeds.

Model PREMIUM R1a
Tube lenght 28mm
Blade length. 28mm
Hardness . Medium
Total lenght 56 mm

Dr.D.José Luis Mateo Álvarez is a distinguished Spanish bassoonist born in Puertollano, Ciudad Real. He studied at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Córdoba and the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, specializing in bassoon, piano, chamber music, harmony, and counterpoint. His career includes being a member of the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España and serving as Bassoon Soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica “Ciudad de Valladolid – Castilla y León.” He has collaborated with numerous orchestras and performed in prestigious venues across Europe, America, and Asia. From 1992 to 2018, he was the Bassoon Soloist with the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid. Mateo Álvarez has also founded a chamber music group, established a company specializing in bassoon reeds, and published a collection of 19th-century bassoon and piano music. He has been a professor of bassoon at various conservatories and holds a doctorate in music.

JOSÉ LUIS MATEO ÁLVAREZ
Bassoonist
Born in Puertollano (Ciudad Real), Spain. He began his musical studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Córdoba, later transferring to the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid, where he studied with D. Vicente Merenciano Silvestre (Soloist of the Orquesta de Radio Televisión Española). He completed his musical training with specialties in Piano, Chamber Music, Harmony, and Counterpoint.
From his training until 1984, he was a member of the Joven Orquesta Nacional de España (J.O.N.D.E.). In 1984, he won, through competition, the position of Bassoon Soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica “Ciudad de Valladolid – Castilla y León,” a role he combined with teaching at the Conservatorio Municipal de Burgos.
He has furthered his bassoon studies with professors such as Erik Hollis, Robert Porter, Ovidio Danzi, Vincenzo Menghini, Klaus Thunemann, Sergio Azollini, Marco Postinghel, and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Milan Turkovic.
He has collaborated with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Valles, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Orquesta Sinfónica de Palma de Mallorca, and the Orquesta Sinfónica de R.T.V.E.
From 1992 to 2018, he was the Bassoon Soloist of the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, performing in venues such as:
Europe
Germany
Berlin. Konzerthaus
Spain
All provincial capital auditoriums and in Madrid, in all major halls and theaters, with weekly activities centered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela and the Auditorio Nacional
France
Aix-en-Provence. Auditorium du Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
Paris. Chatelet
Marseille. Le Dôme de Marseille
Italy
Milan. Auditorio Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi
Turin. Teatro Regio
Venice. Teatro Malibran, Teatro la Fenice
Portugal
Lisbon. Grande Auditório Gulbekian
Oporto. Casa da Música
America
United States
New York. Carnegie Hall
Mexico
Aguas Calientes. Auditorio
Guadalajara. Auditorio
Matamoros. Auditorio
Mexico City. Teatro Bellas Artes
Asia
China
Beijing. Auditorio
Shanghai. Auditorio
Hong Kong. Auditorio
He has worked with internationally renowned conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Juanjo Mena, Antoni Ros Marbá, Jesús López Cobos, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, Miguel Roa, and Frühbeck de Burgos. He has performed with soloists such as tenor Plácido Domingo, sopranos Montserrat Caballé and Ainhoa Arteta, oboist Hansjörg Schellenberger, guitarists José María Gallardo and Pablo Sáinz Villegas, and pianist Joaquín Achúcarro, among others.
He has participated in recordings with major record labels including Deutsche Grammophon, Naxos, Decca, and Sony, on titles such as:
CD. Viva Madrid
CD. Quijotes
CD. Leonardo Balada (Naxos 8570425)
CD. Luis de Pablo
CD. Leonardo Balada (Naxos 8557343)
DVD. La verbena de la Paloma
CD. La Revoltosa
DVD. Il barbiere di Siviglia
CD. Gabriel Erkoreka
CD. Don Quixoten in Spanish music
CD. Don Quijote en la música española
CD. David del Puerto
CD. Compositores Madrileños II
CD. Compositores Madrileños I
CD. Rodrigo
CD. Carmelo Bernaola
CD. Eduardo Pérez Maseda
CD. Benet Casablancas
CD. Agustí Charles
In 1992, he founded the chamber music group Trio D’anches de Madrid (Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon), with which he has performed in venues such as the Instituto Cervantes in Warsaw, Teatro Carlos III in El Escorial, Teatros del Canal in Madrid, and the Auditorio de la Fundación Juan March in Madrid, recording for Radio Nacional de España.
As an entrepreneur, in 2002 he founded the company Siete Notas Musicales S.L., with the website www.sietenotas.es, dedicated to research, development, and innovation (R&D&I) in the manufacture of bassoon reeds. In 2018, he established the commercial name for the bassoon reeds as “Mateo Reeds,” with the website www.mateoreeds.com.
As a publisher, in 2018 he began publishing a collection of scores under the title “Música para fagot y piano del siglo XIX, compuesta en el entorno del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid.”
From 1990 to 2023, he was a tenured professor of Bassoon at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música “Teresa Berganza” in Madrid. Currently, he is a Bassoon Professor at the Escuela Superior de Música, Forum Musikae in Madrid.
Academic Titles
Higher Degree from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
Master’s in Musical Performance from the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
Doctorate from the Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio with the thesis “La enseñanza del fagot en el Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid desde 1831 a 1966”
This summary and full English version encapsulate the key aspects of José Luis Mateo Álvarez’s career and achievements. Let me know if you need any further adjustments!

Additional information