Danae Papamatthäou - Matschke

Violin

Danae Papamatthäou - Matschke belongs to the promising new generation of violinists.
Born in Athens, she received her first violin lessons in her hometown. This was followed by studies with Jost Witter at the Schloss Belvedere Music High School in Weimar, with Igor Ozim at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and with Tanja Becker- Bender at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, all of which she completed with highest honours.

Today she is a doctoral candidate at the Macedonian University, Thessaloniki.
At the age of 11, she made her debut at Greek music festivals and is soon followed by
concerts in German cities with enthusiastic press reviews:
"...Danae Papamatthäou - Matschke possesses an impeccable technique, a brilliant
violin tone, a rich palette of timbres and a wide range of expression.", Sächsische Zeitung, "... Perfect intonation, effervescent musicality coupled with astonishing intellectual
precociousness...", Express Zeitung.

She has given recitals in Germany, USA, China, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia,
Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Cyprus and has worked as a soloist with a large number of
orchestras, such as the Athens and Thessaloniki State Orchestras, the Greek Radio
Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Association of Friends of Music Camerata, the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig, the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra et al.

As a soloist and enthusiastic chamber musician, she regularly performs at international music festivals such as the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the International Mendelssohn Festival Hamburg, the Pharos International Music Festival, the Samos Young Artists Festival, and the Molyvos International Music Festival. In addition, she also played at the major music centres such as the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, the Elbphilharmonie and the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, the Beijing National Performing Arts Center, the concert palaces of Athens and Thessaloniki, among others.

She received special artistic impulses from international master classes, including Igor Ozim, AnaChumachenko, Zakhar Bron, Donald Weilerstein, Vanya Milanova, Boris Garlitsky, Tanja Becker, Christiane Becker - Bender, Christiane Hutcap and the Szymanowski Quartet.

Danae Papamatthäou - Matschke has won 1st prize in numerous national and international competitions. She celebrated successes at the International Violin Competition " Andrea
Postacchini" (IT), "Henri Marteau", "Jugend musiziert" (DE), as well as the International
competition for young soloists "Ersi Saratsi" and the "Panhellenic Violin Competition" (GR).
In addition, she won special prizes for the best interpretation of a virtuoso work at the
international "Henri Marteau" Violin Competition as well as for the best interpretation of a contemporary work at the International "Szymon Goldberg Award" (DE). 

Two CD productions present recordings with works by J. S. Bach, L. v. Beethoven, E. Bloch, C. Franck, C. Debussy, M. Ravel and D. Terzakis (IRIDA Classical).

For her outstanding achievements, she has repeatedly had the honour of receiving scholarships from international non-profit organisations. She was a scholarship holder of the "Verein der Musikfreunde" in Athens, the "Alexandros S. Onassis" Foundation, the "Deutschen Stiftung Musikleben", the "Hermann und Milena Ebel Stiftung" and the "Berenberg Bank Stiftung 1990".

Danae Papamatthäou-Matschke plays on a violin by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi, Milan 1760.