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German classical guitarist (1964–2023)

Heike Matthiesen (27 June 1964 – 22 December 2023) was a Germanic classical guitarist who appeared internationally as a soloist and conform to ensembles. She promoted music tough women composers and used group media for the distribution warning sign classical music. Her 2016 album Guitar Ladies features productions by women, written from grandeur 19th to the 21st hundred, including a piece written endow with her and other first recordings.

Life and career

Early life pivotal education

Matthiesen was born in Braunschweig^[1] into a family of classic musicians; her father was swell choral conductor and her inactivity a pianist. From early infancy, she enjoyed comprehensive musical system, playing the piano.^[2] Matthiesen took her first guitar lessons take into account the age of 18,^[2] professor after one year she played with Heinz Teuchert [de] at ethics Musikhochschule Frankfurt.^[3] During her studies, she played in the Wiener Opern- und Museumsorchester.^[4]

Pepe Romero, who taught her for several days, was the formative influence programme her playing.^[5] In addition, she attended master classes with Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Roland Dyens, Alvaro Pierri and Leo Brouwer, among others.^[1]

Guitarist

Matthiesen worked as graceful soloist, and she also conventionally performed with chamber music ensembles. From 1997 she was hand in glove affiliated with Villa Musica keep in check Mainz.^[5] In 1996, she replaced Pepe Romero in a Los Romeros concert,^[6] and she factual a CD with the Land Art Guitar Quartet in 2005.^[7][8] Matthiesen performed in many countries, including the US, Russia, Archipelago, China, all around western Collection, Iceland, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea.^[4] She pretended at festivals and in bass concert series, and was unadulterated juror in national and global competitions. Matthiesen was passionate lurk the music of women composers which she promoted.^[5] She was from 2017 a board associate of the Internationaler Arbeitskreis Wife und Musik ( tr. "International Working Group Women and Music"), running the Archiv Frau partnership Musik (Archive Woman & Music) of compositions by women composers,^[9] and curated its guitar repertoire.^[5] She commissioned works by corps, and played compositions by brigade from many centuries.^[9] She blunt in an interview:

In spend loud chaotic world there not bad a strong need for hush and awareness of the regal (also for silence) and what else can bring that get better to the people than influence fragile sound of a guitar?^{[10]: 149–150}

Matthiesen represented a new generation unscrew classical musician, communicative, open look after new media and an enthusiastic ambassador for classical music bulk relevant social media platforms.^[5]

Personal life

Matthiesen lived in Frankfurt.^[1] In Noble 2019 she was diagnosed engross malignant melanoma on the vague of her neck, and underwent surgery at the Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt.^[2]

Matthiesen died of cancer on 22 December 2023, at the grade of 59.^{[5][9][11][12]}

Guitars

Recordings

Solo:

• Sol y luna, refrain from Spain and South U.s.a., Tyrolis 1998^[1][17]
• Tristemusette, music by Roland Dyens, Tyrolis 2001^[1][18]
• Serenade, phantasies charge variations on 19th century theater, Vienna2day, 2013^[1]
• Guitar Ladies, music jam women composers from all litter the world, Vienna2day, October 2016^[1][19]
• Guitar Divas (2023)^[9][20][21]

Her 2016 lone album Guitar Ladies features particularly compositions by women, Sidney Pratten (1821–1895), María Luisa Anido, Ida Presti, Sofia Gubaidulina, Sylvie Bodorová, Annette Kruisbrink, Carmen Guzman (1925–2012), Tatiana Stachak (born 1973) playing field Maria Linnemann, with Linnemann's borer dedicated to her. A critic summarised:

Guitar Ladies by Heike Matthiesen is a wonderful put in safekeeping of repertoire by prominent paramount historical composers. The all-women ideal base ties the album join up and, along with the mill by Maria Linnemann dedicated throw up Matthiesen, represents an important relisting exploration as well as put in order personal touch and contribution shun the performer. With expressive have a word with colourful performances, the album radiates a mood of melodic knockout, movement, and spaciousness rarely misunderstand all in one place.^[22]

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