Ariane Matiakh

On stage, Ariane Matiakh conducts the Orchestre symphonique de Bretagne for the Symphonie du Ponant by Didier Squiban.

Ariane Matiakh (born 1980) is a French conductor.

Biography

The daughter of two opera singers, Matiakh obtained her prizes in piano, chamber music, conducting at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Reims and piano accompaniment at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Rueil-Malmaison. At the same time, she began her musical career as a pianist and vocal conductor in various French institutions. She sang in the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Ádám Fischer.[1] From 2002 to 2005, she studied conducting at the Musik Hochschule in Vienna in the class of Leopold Hager and Yuji Yuasa and followed the advice of Seiji Ozawa in masterclasses.

In 2005, Matiakh was appointed assistant conductor of the Opéra national de Montpellier. Her replacement at short notice for James Conlon in May 2006 in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was highly noted and marked the beginning of her international career.

In September 2018, the Staatskapelle Halle announced the appointment of Matiakh as its new Generalmusikdirektorin (General Music Director), the first female conductor ever named to the post, effective with the 2019-2020 season. This appointment marked the first music directorship for Matiakh. She has recorded commercially with the Staatskapelle Halle for Berlin Classics. In January 2020, by mutual agreement, Matiakh resigned from her Staatskapelle Halle post, effective 31 January 2020.[2][3][4]

In contemporary music, Matiakh has conducted works by Richard Dubugnon, Bechara El-Khoury and Éric Tanguy.

Honours and Awards

Selected discography
  • Zara Levina: Piano Concertos (Maria Lettberg, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), Capriccio C5269
  • Francis Poulenc, Jean Françaix: Concertos (Mona Bard and Rica Bard, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rhienland-Pfalz), Capriccio C5237
  • Johanna Doderer: Symphony No. 2 / Violin Concerto No. 2 (Anne Schwanewilms, Yury Revich, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz), Capriccio C5245
  • Ernst von Dohnányi: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 (Sofja Gulbadamova, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rhenland-Pfalz), Capriccio C5387
  • Ernst von Dohnányi: The Veil of Pierrette (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra), Capriccio C5388
  • Clara Schumann and Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concertos (Ragna Schirmer, Staatskapelle Halle), Berlin Classics

References
  1. Laure Schnapper (2017-03-15). "Classique vous avez dit classique: Ariane Matiakh, chef d'orchestre, pour son nouveau CD "Concertos pour piano de Zara Levina"". Institut Européen des Musiques Juives. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  2. "Generalmusikdirektorin Ariane Matiakh verlässt Staatskapelle Halle". NMZ. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. Victor Tribot Laspière (2020-01-29). "A peine arrivée, la cheffe d'orchestre Ariane Matiakh quitte son poste à Halle". France Musique. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  4. "Aufgelöst: Ariane Matiakh nicht mehr GMD der Staatskapelle Halle". MDR Kultur. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Josep Caballé Domenech		 General Music Director, Staatskapelle Halle
2019–2020		 Succeeded by
(post vacant)
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