Ariane Matiakh

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.

• Laureate of the 2008 edition of the "Talents chefs d'orchestre Adami".
• Presented as the "Révélation chef d'orchestre" at the 2009 Victoires de la musique classique (she conducted the Orchestre national de Lorraine live on France 3 at the awards night)
• Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in January 2014.

• 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ariane Matiakh.

• Literature by and about Ariane Matiakh in the German National Library catalogue
• Official website of Ariane Matiakh
• 'MDR Klassik Gespräch mit Ariane Matiakh', "Ein kilo Schockolade für Schostakowisch", 25 March 2019 programme
• 'MDR Klassik Gespräch mit Ariane Matiakh', "Man muss sich als Musiker immer inspirieren lassen", 5 September 2019 programme
• Ariane Matiakh discography at Discogs