Matinée - Lenka Mateova, organ Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, soprano and Frank Aarnink percussion
Matinée - Petr Eben
Saturday June 1st at 12 hrs.
Program:
1. Motto ostinato úr Nedelní hudba (Sunday Music)
2. The Song of Ruth
3. Landscapes of Patmos
Admission ISK 3.000
Lenka Mátéová was born in Czechoslovakia. She completed her cantor exams from the
Kromeriz Conservatory and earned her Masters Degree at the Prag Academy of Performing Arts. Mátéová has won several awards in her home country, and has also
performed as a soloist in Europe. Mátéová has resided and performed in Iceland since
1990, first at Stödvarfjördur Town, East Iceland, and then she was appointed in 1993 as
cantor of a church in Reykjavík City (Fella og Hólakirkja), and at the Kópavogur Church
in 2007. Mátéová has also participated in chamber and choir music in Iceland, as well as pursuing a soloist career. In addition to her performances at churches, she has frequently accompanied (organ/piano) The Reykjavík Male Choir, The Reykjavík Boys Choir, The Motet Choir and The Hljómeyki Chamberchoir, at their concerts in Iceland and abroad, as well as in recordings for television, radio and CD’s.
Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir has been one of Iceland's leading singers for many years. Her career, both in opera and concert performance, has taken her around the world. For several years she lived and worked in Berlin but now resides in Iceland where she teaches at Sigurður Demetz School of Singing and at the Iceland Academy of the Arts.
She has also performed several roles at the Icelandic Opera in recent years, for example the title role in Carmen, Princess Eboli in Don Carlo, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and most recently in Brothers by Daniel Bjarnason.
In 2014 Hanna Dóra received the Icelandic Music Award as “Classical Singer of the Year” for her interpretation of Eboli.
Frank Aarnink was born in Holland and moved to Iceland in 2001. He is currently a timpanist and percussionist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
He has played timpani with the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra, including a tour to Russia with Vladimir Ashkenazy as well as playing with the Icelandic Opera, Caput Ensemble and more.o
In Holland he played timpani with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Radio Filharmonic, Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the Metropole Orchestra, the Dutch Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestras in Arnhem and Maastricht. He has also played percussionð in many orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
Frank also performs a lot of baroque music. He has recorded all the Bach cantatas with the Holland Boys Choir. He has also played with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the International Baroque Orchestra of Hallgrimskirkja, and the Gabrieli Consort and Players.
In 2007, together with harpist Katie Buckley he formed Duo Harpverk. To date, they have commissioned over 150 pieces for percussion and harp. They have recorded 2 albums, The Greenhouse Sessions, and Offshoots. Katie and Frank also premiered Stewart Copeland’s Poltroons in Paradise, concerto for harp and percussion, with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Many composers write for Frank and they are intrigued by his vast collection of instruments. He also is very versatile and performs on unusual instruments such as the cimbalom, the saw, theremin and a little Shamisen.
In 2007 Frank was nominated for the “Musician of the Year” award at the Icelandic Music Awards.