Biography
A member of Glyndebourne Opera Festival’s music staff since 2012, and winner of the Das Lied and Kathleen Ferrier accompanist prizes, Matthew is a sought-after pianist and répétiteur. His performances have taken him to major concert halls, festivals and opera houses across the UK and Europe. He has played with the London Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Recent highlights include recitals at Brighton Festival and King’s Place with Danielle De Niese, a recording of the songs of Elizabeth Maconchy with Joanna Songi, and his onstage debut at Glyndebourne as the ‘spinning organist’ in Saul. Matthew’s fortepiano and harpsichord continuo for Glyndebourne’s recent productions of Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro was described by the press as ‘stunningly imaginative’ and ‘wonderfully witty’. Matthew is also a keen jazz pianist and composer.
Matthew read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was organ scholar. He then studied piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek and Pascal Nemirovsky at the Royal Academy of Music. He was made an associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2016, and was on their teaching staff as a vocal coach from 2015 – 2022. Matthew is a member of the Hampstead Collective.
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