Violinist Asi Matathias, protege of Pinchas Zukerman, is already recognised as one of the most celebrated talents of his generation. He made his debut at the age of 14 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta, displaying a musical maturity and inspiration far beyond his years. This success was immediately followed by another invitation from Maestro Mehta to perform with him in the following season. Since then, Mr. Matathias has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras across the globe with conductors such as Leon Botstein, Frederic Chaslin, Eduard Topchjan, Stephen Gunzenhauser, Stephen D’Agostino, The late Mendi Rodan, Oliver Weder and Yaron Traub and Noam Zur.     

Mr. Matathias has recorded for the BBC, CBC, WQXR, IBA and ORF. He is a frequent recitalist and has performed extensively throughout Europe, Asia, the US, South America and Israel in foremost venues like Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Zankel Hall and Weil Recital Hall, 92nd Street Y in New York, Berlin Philharmonie, Izumy Hall in Japan, Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv and The National Arts Center in Canada. As an enthusiastic chamber musician, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as pianists Yefim Bronfman and Kirill Gerstein, violinists Nikolaj Znaider and Renaud Capucon, violist Nobuko Imai and cellists Alissa Weilerstein and Frans Helmerson. He has played in Festivals such as the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, The Con Anima Festival in Austria, the Vienna ‘Bezirk Wochen Festspiele’, the Israel Festival, Prussia Cove in England, Joao Pessoa Music Festival in Brazil and other festivals around the world.

Mr. Matathias began playing the violin when he was six years old. In Israel, he studied with Chaim Taub, and later became the youngest student to be enrolled at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. Matathias was awarded a diploma of excellence and has been supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation since 1997. He has also studied with violinists Aaron Rosand and  the late David Nadien. Mr. Matathias earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, where he was a long time student of the famed Pinchas Zukerman and his teaching associate Patinka Kopec and received the Joe Lewis Jefferson and the Ambrose Monell Awards.

 

Recent and upcoming Highlights include his Concerto debut with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, Orquesta Sinfónica de Salta in Argentina, Yerevan Philharmonic in Armenia, as well as sold out debut recitals at the  92nd Street Y and the Berlin Philharmonie to great critical acclaim and return engagements to the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival and the Joao Pessoa Music Festival in Brazil.

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