Lenka Matějáková violin

„… the entire symphony concert was characterized by its American style: although the English composer Benjamin Britten, whose 100th Birthday is being celebrated this year, only lived in the US between 1939 and 1942, he wrote a crucial but seldom heard work : his Violin Concerto Opus 15 has never established itself as concert repertoire. Born in the Czech Republic soloist Lenka Matejakova (class of Prof. Jörg Fassmann) did convincing work for Britten and thrilled the audience with a completely superior and intense interpretation. Where Britten’s musical composition runs the risk of souding too dry, Matejakova mastered the work with a free bow and much intensity, wich was most apparent at the conclusion of the third movement. Her courage deserved particular praise when she played the long G-string passages with full commitment and when she chose a hard but never infexible intonation of the percussive passages in the second movement. Klemm’squickly adapted to the typical Britten sound in a mixture of clean harmonies and a refined rhytm.
(Dresdner Neuste Nachrichten 20. 3. 2013)

„… The audience’s long standing ovation after the performance of works by Cesar Franck and Pablo Sarasate demonstrates her outstanding talent. The encore proved the success.
(Braunschweiger Zeitung)

Duo Solistico

Johan Halvorsen
Passacaglia

Bohuslav Martinu
Duo No. 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Duo nach KV 424

Reinhold Gliere
Huit Morceaux

Biography

The Czech talented violinist Lenka Mateˇjáková received violin lessons at the Prague Music School when she was five years old and gave her orchestra debut at the age of seven. She continued her training at the Prague Conservatory. In addition, she studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and success- fully completed her Master’s degree at the Dresden College of Music. Lenka Matějáková won the International Violin Competition in Nová Paka in the Czech Republic and also re- ceived both Second Prize at the Stefanie Hohl Competition in Vienna in 2010 and the eco Award from BASF Schwarzheide in 2013. Matejakova is a scholarship holder of the Brücke/ Most Foundation and the DAAD. She has participated in masterclasses with Prof. Semion Jarosevish, Charles Avsharian, Regis Pasquier, Alberto Lysy, Stephen Schipps, Niklas Schmidt and Valentin Erben and Václav Hudeček. A joint tour with Václav Hudeček took her throughout the Czech
Republic. She has already performed as a soloist with renowned Czech and German orchestras.

Successful recitals have taken her all over Europe. In 2009 she released a CD with the Puella Trio which received the “Recording of the Month Award” (MusicWeb International London) and the IRR Outstanding rating (International Record Review). From 2012 to 2013 Lenka Matějáková was a member of the Giuseppe Sinopoli Academy of the Staatskapelle Dresden. At the same time she
founded the Ensemble International with her longtime chamber music partners (members of the Staatskapelle Dresden). Together with the ukrainian pianist Dariya Hrynkiv as a „Duo animé“ they have recorded ( for Genuin Leipzig) in 2019 CD debut with the Czech composers ( A.Dvořák, L.Janáček, J.Suk and B.Martinů).

Lenka Matějáková plays a violin by Nicolas François Vuillaume from 1863.