Website of British violinist Mathilde Milwidsky including biography, concert diary, gallery, videos and repertoire.
Mathilde has won the position of Professor of violin at London’s prestigious Royal College of Music.
The Strad news article:
https://www.thestrad.com/news/royal-college-of-music-appoints-four-new-violin-professors/18608.article?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY79DMzaTBPaD5lfM24Z6JwNM-1Q8ISxHzd9H4I1MGl8fXBs-Aqo0z65YQ_aem_nWCikAvY3S1liJgFOOybAA
After the first round of the prestigious international Queen Elisabeth Competition (Mathilde was the sole British contestant), The Belgian national newspaper Le Soir wrote - “La sélection des 24 demi-finalistes se révèle en ce sens assez équilibrée, même si on regrette l’absence de violonistes possédant maîtrise et musicalité tels que Mathilde Milwidsky” -
ENG: “The selection of the 24 semi-finalists turns out to be quite balanced in this sense, even if we regret the absence of violinists possessing mastery and musicality such as Mathilde Milwidsky…”
Link: https://www.lesoir.be/587007/article/2024-05-12/concours-reine-elisabeth-la-belge-pauline-van-der-rest-se-qualifie-en-demi
Mathilde has been invited to join the prestigious Kryżowa Festival in 2025
https://www.krzyzowa-music.eu/
Maidstone Symphony Orchestra / 3 February 2024 / Mote Hall, Maidstone
Review by Susan Elkin – susanelkin.co.uk
Then it was slightly reduced forces for Sibelius’s 1904 Violin Concerto. It’s one of the most challenging in the repertoire but Mathilde Milwidsky played it with her accustomed, focused charm. I’ve noticed the exceptional clarity of her playing before and here it shone creamily through the aching passion of the first movement, followed by that long cadenza and then some fine cross string work. Wright controlled the woodwind perfectly into the legato ending of the adagio and Milwidsky’s rendering of the final allegro was both elegant and eloquent.
After that her Adagio from Bach’s G minor sonata was a complete palate cleanser. I loved the silvery beauty of her perfectly placed double stopping and trills.
Mathilde‘s performance of Beethoven’s two Romances for violin and orchestra in Nov 2023 at St John’s Smith Square with the National Symphony Orchestra and Rimma Sushanskaya was reviewed in Musical Opinion:
“The soloist in the composer’s rarely-heard Two Romances for violin and orchestra (opus 40 and opus 50) was the very gifted Mathilde Milwidsky, who demonstrated through her fine playing that these relatively short works do have a place in the concert repertoire, so often unfairly overlooked. In terms for phrasing, expressive intellect and intonation, these were excellent accounts.”
A wonderful review in the prestigious Seen and Heard International journal after a return visit to the Musica Viva series at Levinsky Hall (University of Plymouth) alongside pianist and composer Huw Watkins.
“Her masterful, heartfelt performance”
“An evening of inspired music-making.”
“She can elicit a gloriously rich tone from any instrument”
“The highly imaginative writing, with frequent intricate double and triple stops, allowed Milwidsky almost to produce the illusion of a string quartet playing – all this from memory”
“The players conveyed it with elegant refinement, and with panache in the faster movements two and four.”
Mathilde is thrilled to have been loaned an extremely fine Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume through the Beare’s International Violin Society.
Mathilde has just been named as a Classic FM Rising Star: 30 under 30. This is a prestigious shortlist narrowed down by industry experts.
Link below:
https://amp.classicfm.com/discover-music/rising-stars-30-young-musicians-2023/
“The performance, needless to say, was a tour de force… it made this second concert in the Musica Viva Series probably the finest violin and piano duo recital heard in the city for a number of years.”
“Milwidsky gave a truly stunning all-round performance. She seemed to make light of the bristling technical challenges in almost every bar, but never to the point that the composer’s original intention was not realised.” (Paganini Caprice No. 24)
“In Milwidsky’s eminently sensitive hands, it would simply appear superfluous to comment further; the same very much applies to her equally exquisite performance of Romance.”
Link below:
https://seenandheard-international.com/2022/11/mathilde-milwidsky-charms-the-audience-in-plymouth/
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Maidstone Symphony Orchestra and conductor Brian Wright, with three days notice after Irene Duval had to pull out.
“What a find! I hope she’ll be back to play with MSO again soon. She looks like a Greek goddess, has fascinating fingers – tiny but long with squared-off tips going down like mini-pistons – and plays with unusual poise and elegance. Her cross string work in the opening and closing allegros was gracefully incisive, her double stopping immaculate and her rendering of the rousing final bars packed excitement in spades. Moreover I admired the way she and Wright managed the transitional passage between the first movement and the andante”
https://meettheartist.online/2022/06/07/mathilde-milwidsky-violinist/amp/
Interview with Frances Wilson
I’m so happy to have been invited back to the Academy this summer, as one of 8 violinists chosen worldwide.
https://www.verbierfestival.com/en/academy/students/
Mathilde was chosen to represent the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München as one of its rising stars and performed Hindemith Sonata Op 31 No 2 live followed by an interview. Link below.
performance at 00:30:45
New release on Spotify - both Romances for violin and orchestra, with the National Symphony Orchestra and Rimma Sushanskaya. https://open.spotify.com/track/62fEwTSLX109zUd99RXqT7?si=qlnLWy4GS8yAkINi1227qQ
https://open.spotify.com/track/62fEwTSLX109zUd99RXqT7?si=z1vrxPohRBKcnfq8TOj6KA
Mathilde has won a place on the Countess of Munster Recital Scheme.
https://www.munstertrust.org.uk/recital-scheme-artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liHurNhcr9E
Anthony Marwood and Mathilde Milwidsky - violins
Eivind Ringstad - viola
Rebecca Gilliver - cello
https://presteignefestival.com/about-2020-presteigne-digital/mathilde-milwidsky-and-clare-hammond/
Clare Hammond - piano
Online Musik Magazin- http://www.omm.de/cds/klassik/TOCC-agnes-zimmermann.html
DE:
“Die beiden britischen Musiker Mathilde Milwidsky (Violine) und Sam Haywood (Klavier) haben sich Zimmermanns Musik mit spürbarer Hingabe gewidmet und die drei Sonaten mustergültig interpretiert.”
ENG:
Both British musicians, Mathilde Milwidsky and Sam Haywood, devoted themselves to Zimmermann’s music with noticeable dedication and the three sonatas are interpreted in an exemplary manner.
DE:
“Dem Geigenpart verleiht Mathilde Milwidsky in den tiefen Lagen einen satten, samtigen Klang wie den einer Bratsche. Die weiten melodischen Bögen lässt sie wunderschön schwingen.”
ENG:
In the lower registers, Mathilde Milwidsky gives the violin part a rich, velvety sound like that of a viola. The wide melodic bowing lets it swing beautifully.
Crescendo Magazine-
https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/letonnante-agnes-zimmermann/