Lenka Mátéová

Lenka Mátéová was born in Czechoslovakia. She took her cantor's diploma at the conservatory in Kroměříž and a master's degree at the academy of music in Prague, won prizes at home while she was studying, and has played as a soloist across Europe. She has worked in Iceland since 1990, first at Stöðvarfjörður in the east, then as cantor at Fella- og Hólakirkja from 1993 to 2007 and at Kópavogskirkja from 2007 to 2024. She has taught the organ at Tónskóli þjóðkirkjunnar, the national church's music school, and has played for Karlakór Reykjavíkur, Drengjakór Reykjavíkur, Mótettukórinn, Hljómeyki and Samkór Kópavogs, in concert, on radio and television and on record. She has conducted Samkór Kópavogs, a choir she had accompanied, since January 2024.