Hello, I am
Matthias Blessing
What can we do with music as Source of creativity and zest for life bring it to life in our everyday lives? The Away to discover this longed-for source again and again is for me Guide become the centre of my life. The discovery of my own Musicality and the Unfolding my voice have awakened in me the desire to support other people in their search. As Gestalttherapeut und Musikpädagoge I will accompany you as you discover the healing power of music. The playful vocal expression, the Improvisation is a wonderful medium for this journey.
© photos: Bernd Blome
My Journey with and Towards Music
Ich bin mit einer Familie aufgewachsen, in der Musik eine grosse Rolle spielte. high importance and so I was allowed from kindergarten to the Abitur to attend many prägende Erfahrungen sammeln – vom ungeliebten Violin lessons until the discovery of the powerful yet soft sound of the Waldhorns, from the classic Orchestra until one's own Jazz combo. Berührt hat mich insbesondere das Verschmelzen in einer gemeinsamen Klangerfahrung, Verbundenheit jenseits der Sprache zu erleben und ein Nourishing sense of community to feel. At the same time, my personal Perfectionism. „Only when I'm particularly Great play and master my instrument, I will Seen and respected.This attitude was demonstrated to me by my family and was confirmed in my School experiences. Intimidated by such a übertriebenen Leistungsanspruch I said goodbye to my Dream of a lifetime, to become a musician. And so, at first, I took the „less dangerous“ path of studying humanities.
Freedom and responsibility
The experiences of my youth then quickly came to the fore Father. From the beginning, I wanted everything Anders to do, to be present as a man and Relationship before education train. How can my children in a more life-affirming environment grow up? How can they their A desire to explore the world and hers Playful curiosity retain it during school years as well? For me, the answer lay beyond the school system based on competition, assessment and achievement Setting up an alternative school. Embedded in an age-mixed, democratic community, they were able to help shape their educational lives themselves and both Freedom as well as Responsibility experience as complementary principles.
in these years my musical development on familiar territory. I sang in unreserved devotion, to gently ease my four children into the Sleep to weigh, brought me that Playing the guitar among building block towers and mountains of nappies, and discovered in the mirror of their playful vocal and speech development my own joy in humorous experimentation with sounds, noises, and language.
When I my Daughters finally in the children's choir on stage at the Comic Opera experienced, I was too Moved to tears, for her to have had such a wonderful experience. On the other hand, I felt physical pain from longing for more Space for my own musicality.
Discovering and developing my voice
In my early thirties, I became a member of the Chor der Komponistin Johanna Seiler und habe dort nach und nach die Stimme als mein körpereigenes Instrument. My own voice, my music kennen und wertschätzen zu lernen, has undergone an intensive process of Befreiung, Verfeinerung und Weiterentwicklung initiated on many levels and gave me the impetus to dedicate my professional path entirely to music. Alongside developments on the musical, vocal and personal level, I have through it my Professional identity Found.
Today, I share my experiences as a Gestalt therapist, music teacher and voice coach with others. It fills me with gratitude and joy to create spaces for connection and playful interaction, where people can rediscover themselves through music.
Key professional milestones
- From 2025: Lecturer at the VHS Potsdam
- 2023-2025: Lecturer for vocal improvisation at the European Theatre Institute Berlin
- Since 2020: Music Therapist in psychiatric and geriatric care homes in Berlin (people with mental and physical disabilities)
- Since 2018: Freelance Music education activities with adults who want to (re)discover their voice and their musicality
- 2010: Master History and Cultural Studies Free University of Berlin
- 2007: Foundation and many years of pedagogical cooperation in the Free Democratic School Berlin e.V.
What people appreciate about me
My participants’ experiences speak for themselves. Here, they share their experiences of music therapy and improvisation workshops, what they’ve taken away from them, and what working with me means to them.
My stations, collaborations and networks
Throughout my professional journey, numerous individuals and institutions have accompanied, inspired, and supported me. Here you will find a selection of important milestones, collaborations, and networks.
Workshops, Courses, Training
Throughout my professional journey, numerous individuals and institutions have accompanied, inspired, and supported me. Here you will find a selection of important milestones, collaborations, and networks.
Workshops, Courses, Training
H4: Part-time apprenticeships
2024–2026: Training as a Circle Music-Anleiter in Europe Training group in Montpellier, France through the Circle MusicInstitute in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2020-2024: Training of Gestalt Therapy with music am at the Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Pedagogy Berlin
Johanna Seiler, Berlin (Vocal Improvisational Artist, Komponistion, Coach für Stimmentfaltung und A Cappella Improvisation)
2018: Annual Course Vocal Improvisation (21 course days), Berlin
2015: Vocal Improvisation Masterclass, Berlin
2014–2018: Member of the advanced, weekly practice group, Berlin
2013: Individual Coaching Vocal Improvisation, Berlin
2012: Weekend workshop vocal improvisation, Berlin
2011–2019: Member of the Seilerchor, Berlin
Oskar Boldre, Italien (Sänger, Gitarrist, Komponist, Chorleiter und Lehrer für Stimmimprovisation und Circlesongs)
2021: Playing The Voice 1, 4-day intensive vocal improvisation course, Tuscany
2017: Giocando La Voce 2, 4-day intensive course for experienced improv singers, Tuscany
2016: Giocando La Voce 2, 4-day intensive course for experienced improv singers, Tuscany
2015: Weekend Workshop Vocal Improvisation, Freiburg im Breisgau
Gaël AubritGaël Aubrit, France (Singer, teacher of vocal training, vocal improvisation and Circlesongs, Nonviolent Communication trainer)
2025: Clarity and Solidity, 4-day Intensive Course in Circlesongs, Potsdam
2024: Harmony – the key to musical beauty in vocal improv, 4-day intensive course, Potsdam
2024: Circlesongs Experience, 3-day workshop, Berlin
2023: Clarity and Solidity, 5-Day Intensive Circlesongs Course, Brussels
2022: The Art of Circlesongs, 1-week masterclass together with David Eskenazy, France
Further courses, workshops, individual coaching
2026: Breathing, voice and speech therapy according to Schlaffhorst-Andersen for Ulrike Kramer, Berlin
2025: Flowing Together, 6-tägiges Retreat mit Anne-Lise Fariolli, Chiara Cortez and Zuza Gonçalves (Music Circle Facilitators), France
2024–2025: Breath, Voice and Speech Therapy according to Schlaffhorst-Andersen for Susanne Kompalik, Berlin
2021–2020: Solo singing lessons in voice training according to the Lichtenberger Method by Caroline Krohn, Berlin
2021–2020: Online TaKeTiNa Training with Reinhard Flatischler, Austria
2021: Accompagnement Circlesongs, 12-week online course at Camille Pascal, France
2020–21: Individual lessons improvisation at Oliver Bott (Vibraphone), Berlin
2020: Weekend workshop Ensemble Improvisation at Oliver Bott, Berlin
2019: Present Time Composition (PTC) – Compositional Thinking as a Control of Improvisation, 6-day intensive course with Alan Bern, Berlin
2018–2019: Vocal training in individual sessions with a body therapist Anna Weißenfels, Ort
2018: Weekend workshop group improvisation with Fred Frith, Berlin
2017: Vocal River, Weekend Workshop with Rhiannon, Berlin
2017: Sound Space//Voice Course Series – Open Choral Improvisation with the vocal ensemble Medulla, led by Ulrike Sowodniok, Berlin
2017: Unlocking Potential, Guiding Group Improvisation, 4-day workshop with Reinhard Gagel and Matthias Schwabe, Berlin
2016: Feeling safe in the unsafe, 5-day intensive dance improvisation course with Eva Burghardt, Berlin
2016: Dance up your mind, 5-day intensive dance improvisation course with Eva Burghardt, Berlin
2016: Ovid's Metamorphoses, a 6-day, interdisciplinary improvisation project with Frank Fiedler, Berlin
2013: Circlesongs Weekend Workshop with WeBe3 (Joey Blake, Rhiannon, Dave Worm), Frankfurt am Main
Verbände / Institutionen / Netzwerke
I am a member of the following associations, institutions, and networks, or feel connected to them. Networking and a cooperative together is important to me in order to be more visible together and to strengthen common interests. The exchange of ideas is inspiring and energising.
The Well – Global Vocal Improvisation Network, London
Circle Music, Training Institute, São Paulo
Song for All (Friendly project of the French vocal improvisation community), Lyon
Land Potsdam (Self-managed cultural centre where Circlesongs: Community Choir Potsdam rehearses), Potsdam
Potsdam Choral Network (Federation of Potsdam Choirs, together we produced the 1st Potsdam Choir Festival), Potsdam
Holistic Health Network Potsdam (Association of experts in holistic health and quality of life), Potsdam
Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Gestalt Pedagogy,, Berlin
German Association for Gestalt Therapy e.V.. (Dachverband), Berlin
German Association for Music Therapy (DmtG), Berlin
Exploratorium Berlin, Raum für Improvisation (venue and learning space), Berlin
Kolleg*innen, Kooperationspartner*innen und Freund*innen
Close, musical friends with whom I have been singing for a long time:
Joris Carmelin, Qwigo Ly Baldwin, Cornelia Voß, Roman Hengge, Berlin
Gaël Aubrit, wichtiger Lehrer und guter Freund, Lyon
Intuisound HamburgIntuisound Hamburg. My shared enthusiasm for the Circle Song method connects Will Zumba and Annalena Doss with me. Anyone living in Hamburg can experience this for themselves at their open singing sessions., Hamburg
In the therapeutic field, I feel closely connected to the following individuals and I highly recommend their work:
Rosmarie Jäger, Integrative Psychotherapie, Berlin
Eva Wemme, Gestalttherapie , Berlin
Katharina Dewitz, Gestalt-Musiktherapie, Berlin
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„Matthias is simultaneously in and out. He bears responsibility and shows himself fully. He brings his joy in the sounds and his strength of order into the shared activity. Everyone is themselves and is expanded within their limits. Music sounds inside and out. Behind the sounds, silence. I feel my life forces.“
Susanne Kompalik Breath, voice and speech teacher