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Helena Macherel
Flute
Swiss flautist Helena Macherel performs as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe and the United States. At the age of nineteen, she won the Paul Streit Prize at the Geneva Competition.
She has given recitals in France, Austria, Switzerland and New York and recently premiered Martin Skamletz’s Flute Concerto. She has also appeared on the Austrian Radio ORF, the Italian Radio RAI and the Swiss Radio and Television RTS. She is regularly engaged by the 2B company for European tours. She has recorded several CDs (such as “Dances for Flute and Harp” with harpist Tjasha Gafner and “...du silence au silence” with pianist Veronica Kuijken) and is invited to teach masterclasses in Italy.
Helena Macherel has won prizes in various international competitions (Maxence Larrieu Competition, 1st Prize at the Belgrade International Jeunesses Musicales Competition, 1st Prize at the Berlin International Anton Rubinstein Competition). She is supported by the Leenaards, Kiefer-Hablitzel, Friedl Wald and Lyra foundations, as well as the Migros Cultural Percentage. These numerous distinctions have enabled her to perform as a soloist with the Zürcher Kammerorchester at the Tonhalle Zürich, the Budapest Radio Orchestra, the Belgrade Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, and to share the stage with François Benda, Cédric Pescia and the Terpsycordes Quartet. A keen chamber musician, she is a member of the Basilea Wind Quintet.
She regularly plays as principal flute with the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Musikkollegium Winterthur and is a member of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra. She has thus performed under Charles Dutoit, Gianandrea Noseda, Klaus Mäkelä and Zubin Mehta. [..]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)