Daniela Matheas
Violin
She studied at the Prague Conservatory with Prof. Nora Grumlíková, and continued her studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg with Prof. Ruggiero Ricci.
During her studies, she regularly participated in master classes and international orchestral projects, including membership in the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra under Kurt Masur and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
She started her concert activity at the age of 15 in Sweden. As a student she was a member of the Salzburger Klaviertrio and the Camerata Salzburg. After arriving in Germany, she successfully performed as a soloist with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz and soon became a firm part of the music scene in southern Germany. She is a sought-after performer of chamber music and her regular artistic partners include the Hohenzollern Trio, Sachi Nagaki/piano, Camerata Viva, Concerto Tübingen and others.
Daniela Matheas is also a graduate of the Gordon Institute in Freiburg, Germany, where she received her certification in 2012 to teach music to children from the earliest age according to the Music Learning Theory method of American musicologist Edwin E. Gordon. In the field of violin pedagogy, she has been working with children from pre-school age to preparing young talents to study music. Her students regularly participate with success in the national German competition Jugend musiziert.
As the granddaughter of the Czech composer Jan Hanus, Daniela is interested in the interpretation of contemporary music. The premiere of J. Hanus’s Sonata for violin and piano The Paths of Reconciliation was given in Vienna, for which she also revised it for the Schott publishing house.
In 2020 Daniela Matheas initiated the online concert series Konzerte zum Mitnehmen (Concerts at Home). For this cultural project, she was awarded the Neustart Kultur prize by the Deutscher Musikrat (German Music Council) in cooperation with the German Ministry of Culture.