Mathilde Milwidsky

Named a 2023 Classic FM Rising Star: 30 under 30, and Gramophone Magazine’s One to Watch, British violinist Mathilde Milwidsky has been praised by The Strad’s Charlotte Gardner for her "nailing each new stylistic and emotional universe as she went.” She is a winner and laureate of competitions including the Royal Overseas League Competition, Windsor Festival International String Competition, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition and the Deutsche Instrumenten-Musik Fond Competition of the "Deutsche Stiftung Musik Leben.” Mathilde performs across Europe as a soloist at festivals including La Folle Journée de Nantes, Verbier, Krzyżowa and Edinburgh and collaborates with artists including Avi Avital, Anthony Marwood and members of Quatuor Ébène. Her debut CD - the world premiere recordings of Agnes Zimmerman’s three Violin Sonatas alongside pianist Sam Haywood - led to Mathilde being named Classical Music Magazine’s Artist of the Month. She has worked closely with leading composers including Brett Dean, Roxana Panufnik, Mark Simpson and Huw Watkins and given the world premieres of violin works by Sally Beamish and Joseph Phibbs. Born in London in 1994, Mathilde studied in London with György Pauk and in Munich with Mi-kyung Lee. She was twice invited to Verbier Festival’s prestigious Soloist and Chamber Academy and further guidance has come from Leonidas Kavakos, Augustin Dumay and Midori. Mathilde is Professor of Violin at the Royal College of Music, London.