SILKE-THORA MATTHIES Silke-Thora Matthies was born in Gütersloh, in North Rhine-Westphalia, and studied in Detmold with Renate Kretschmar-Fischer and at the Juilliard School of Music in New York with Joseph Kalichstein, winning first prize at the New York Gina Bachauer Competition and further awards in the Budapest Liszt/Bartók Competition, the Bordeaux Jeunes Solistes, and the Cleveland (Ohio) Robert Casadesus Competition. She has recorded music ranging from Domenico Scarlatti to the contemporary and appears as a soloist and recitalist in Germany and abroad. Since 1992 she serves as a professor of piano at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg in Bavaria and in October 2003 became Rector of the school, leads masterclasses and is often a jury member for international piano competitions.
Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Köhn came together in 1986 to form a piano duo and played their first concert in public the last day of October 1988. As a duo the two players have won wide acclaim, with international prizes, and appearances in recital and as soloists. They broadcast regularly and have been responsible for a number of first performances of music by notable contemporary composers. They have held international master classes for piano duo and duet playing. In addition to their recordings of Brahms Four-Hand Piano Music for Naxos, they have also recorded works by Dvořák and Giselher Klebe.
| Box Set Release |
Catalogue Number |
| The Very Best Of |
Naxos 8.502020 |
| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 |
Naxos 8.553139 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.553140 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 3 |
Naxos 8.553654 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 4 |
Naxos 8.553726 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 5 |
Naxos 8.554115 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 6 |
Naxos 8.554119 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 7 |
Naxos 8.554822 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 8 |
Naxos 8.554117 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 9 |
Naxos 8.554116 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 10 |
Naxos 8.557056 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 11 |
Naxos 8.554272 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 12 |
Naxos 8.554412 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 13 |
Naxos 8.554817 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 14 |
Naxos 8.554821 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 15 |
Naxos 8.557685 |
Instrumental
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 16 |
Naxos 8.555848 |
Chamber Music
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| BRAHMS: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 17 |
Naxos 8.555849 |
Chamber Music, Instrumental
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| DISCOVER CHAMBER MUSIC |
Naxos Educational 8.558206-07 |
Concertos, Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Contemporary Jazz, Wind Ensemble/Band Music
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| DVORAK (THE VERY BEST OF) |
Naxos 8.552139-40 |
Concertos, Orchestral, Chamber Music, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera
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| DVORAK: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 1 |
Naxos 8.553137 |
Instrumental
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| DVORAK: Four-Hand Piano Music, Vol. 2 |
Naxos 8.553138 |
Instrumental
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| Easy-Listening Piano Classics: Brahms |
Naxos 8.578075-76 |
Instrumental
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| Easy-Listening Piano Classics: Schubert |
Naxos 8.578099-101 |
Instrumental
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| KLEBE: Glockenturme / Wiegenlieder / Feuersturz / Sonata, Op. 4 |
Marco Polo 8.223712 |
Instrumental
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| KLEBE: Poema drammatico / Widmungen / Zornige Lieder ohne Worte |
Marco Polo 8.225290 |
Orchestral, Instrumental
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| Min Forste Klavermusik (My First Piano Album) |
Naxos 8.578236 |
Instrumental
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| My First Piano Album |
Naxos 8.578207 |
Instrumental
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| Takako Nishizaki Plays Suzuki Evergreens, Vol. 1 |
Naxos 8.572378 |
Chamber Music, Vocal, Instrumental, Choral - Sacred, Opera |
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