Born in Novy Svit, Ukraine, in 1990, baritone Danylo Matviienko completed his Bachelor studies at the Donetsk state music academy under prof. Piotr Onchul and MA studies at the National music academy of Ukraine under prof. Alexander Diachenko. He was also a member of the Akademia Operowa of the Polish National Theater in Warsaw, where he studied with Eytan Pessen and Mathias Rexroth, and L’Académie of the Opéra National de Paris, where his teachers were Jean-Marc Bouget, Margaret Singer, Michelle Wegwart, Eytan Pessen, Jeff Cohen, Irène Kudela and Muriel Corradini. At the Opera studio of the Oper Frankfurt he was working with 

Eytan Pessen, Neil Shicoff, Hedwig Fassbender, Michał Goławski.

In Paris, he appeared in Boesman`s Reigen, the Kurt Weill Story, as Dr Falke in Die Fledermaus, the Hunter in Rusalka and Junius in The Rape of Lucretia. Roles at the National Music Academy of Ukraine, National Operetta Theatre in Kyiv and Kyiv Opera include Graf Danilo (Die lustige Witwe / The Merry Widow), Onegin (Eugene Onegin), Rossini`s Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Macrobio (Pietra del paragone), Germano (La scala di seta) as well as Donizetti`s Gasparo (Rita). 

Danylo Matviienko left the Opera Studio to join the Ensemble at Oper Frankfurt in the 2021/22 season, during which he could be heard as 2nd Nazarene / Cappadozier in Barrie Kosky`s production of Salome, his first Guglielmos in Loy`s prize-winning production of Così fan tutte,  the One-Eyed Brother in the production of Die Frau ohne Schatten and Demetrius and Antinoos in new productions of Britten`s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Dallapiccola`s Ulisse. In the season 2020/21 he appeared in Křenek`s Schwergewicht / Heavyweight, Fauré`s Pénélope, Don Carlo, and new productions of Rossini`s La gazzetta and Salome. In the current season 2022/23 at the Oper Frankfurt Danylo is doing the roles of Papageno and Astrologist in the new productions of Die Zauberflöte and Britten’s The burning fiery furnace. At the Troler Festspiele Erl in the new production of Don Pasquale he has sung the role of Dottore Malatesta and at the Staatsoper Stuttgart in the current season Danylo has the role of Brother Léon in the new production of Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise.

He has sung numerous recitals. Concert appearances include Bach’s Magnificat, 10th and 147th cantatas at the Donbas Opera, Handel’s Messiah with the Kyiv symphony orchestra and choir and at the Johanneskirche in Giessen, Duruflé Requiem with the Kyiv chamber choir “Sofia”, Sviridov`s Piesni bezvremenia with the choir of the National music academy of Ukraine. 

Danylo Matviienko is a winner of the second prize in the Antonina Campi international voice competition in Lublin and the Ada Sari competition in Nowy Sacz. He is also a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. 

Danylo has a master degree in mathematics from the Donetsk National University.