Heike Matthiesen, Guitar

 

Charismatic stage presence united with an overwhelming joy of playing: Heike Matthiesen is a unparalleled exception in today's guitar world with intelligent programs which always fascinate her audience. The press writes about her, using superlatives like: „guitar music to bow down to“, "world class", "wonderful".

 Heike Matthiesen’s artistic development has been unique in the classical music scene: As the eldest daughter in an opera family, she had received piano lessons in her earliest childhood, changing to the guitar when she was 18. After only one year, she began her studies at the Frankfurt College of Music and Dramatic Arts. Two years later she began to play with the Frankfurt Opera’s orchestra, during which time she developed into a sought-after chamber musician. She is particularly proud of her long-standing association with the Villa Musica Mainz. After receiving her diploma, she became a master-class pupil of Pepe Romero. It was he who enabled her to become a world class soloist. 

 

Concerts as a soloist and chamber musician found Heike Matthiesen appearing throughout the whole of Europe as well as in countries like China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Japan, Equatorial Guinea and the USA. Repeatedly, she has been a featured guest in worldwide guitar festivals.

The 4 CDs which she has released highlight the scope of her musical range. The in-depth study she invested in researching her last CD „Guitar Ladies“, led Heike Matthiesen to become increasingly involved, in an honorary capacity, in the Woman and Music Archive in Frankfurt: the largest collection of works of female composers in the world.