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.