Matvey Demin (Flute)

Studied at the Novosibirsk Special Music School (class of Nadezhda Furenkova). He continued his studies with Prof. Andrea Lieberknecht first at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and then at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.

Has won numerous competitions, such as the first prize at the International Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Competition (Germany, 2013), the second prize at the Deutscher Hochschulwettbewerb (2012), the second prize (first prize not awarded) and the audience prize at the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments in Düsseldorf (2017).

Had been a solo-flutist at the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra before he became a co-principal solo-flutist at the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich. Has also appeared as a soloist with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and many others.