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Your article Electrum (violinist)
August, 8 2015 (UTC)

'Electrum was born in Geneva August 21, 1981 and is an Italian-Helvetic nternational violin soloist able to improvise in most musical genres on its two violins (classical and electric). He specializes in new violin technologies (loop pedals, effects pedals, electric violins / MIDI, etc.).

Teacher and composer, Electrum performs as a violin soloist or in collaboration with DJ Sasha Størk, Elisir and Sky76. Electrum plays on a Zeta Strados 5-string electric / MIDI violin and a classical violin expecially made for him by the master luthier Regis Hautin.

Since 2012, he serves as European technologic showcase with the "Music Plus One" computer system (renamed "Cadenza" by Sonation) in exclusive partnership with Christopher Raphael, Professor at the "Indiana University Bloomington" and the American company "Music Minus One".

Electrum is a member of the jury at Enkor interternational violin competition in 2015 and teaches violin in Geneva.

Biography
Electrum, also known as Jonathan Damien Patrick Mathieu, began playing the violin at the age of three years old with the Suzuki method and gave his first concerts at the age of five. After several years of study at "Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre" of Geneva in Ömer Sipahi class, he became a student of the famous French violinist Sylvie Gazeau who presents him to Tibor Varga, great Master Hungarian violinist considered as one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.

He works as his pupil during fifteen years and is also formed by some prestigious violinists and current pedagogues: Yolande Leroy, Lihay Bendayan, Gábor Takács-Nagy, and Paul Coker Victor Pikaizen. First Swiss violinist graduated from "Conservatoire Supérieur et Académie de Musique Tibor Varga" in 2008, he also graduated in teaching the Suzuki Method. He began his soloist career with the Tango Sueno Quintet with whom he chains concerts, prestigious collaborations, tours and recordings.

In 2008, he founds a collective (Mathieu Events) of musicians specialized in contemporary music and new technologies. Thus begins a great collaboration with the Swiss artist Sky76 (Planète Bleue artist) and records with him two albums in the Cinematic / Electronica style. In 2014, he creates the Electrum & Elisir duo and come out a first single called "My Muse".

Alongside his career as a soloist violinist, he teaches violin in many prestigious musical institutions, including the "Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre" of Geneva, "Violonissimo" and the "Leopold Music Academy".