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Matthew is a Melbourne-based cellist practicing in a diverse range of contexts – his accomplishments distinguished by acclaimed work that transforms the listener experience. He has recently been appointed Four Winds Artistic Director while continuing in an advisory capacity with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has also held programming roles with ANAM and Melbourne International Arts Festival.
Matthew strives to develop and realise innovative music-based experiences conceived to connect people, space and place. This has resulted in Helpmann nominated and ARIA awarded endeavours involving artists such as American contemporary super-group Eighth Blackbird, Australian music icon Paul Kelly, and the U.K’s Brodsky Quartet alongside Eddie Perfect. He also co-created Quartetthaus – a custom-built, portable space for string quartet performance envisioned and engineered to dissolve the performer-audience divide.
Matthew is an alumnus Sydney Conservatorium, Manhattan School of Music and has been a member of the Australian World Orchestra and West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He has been privileged to collaborate with people from all corners of the globe and walks of life – be it on Country with elders of the Spinifex Lands, mentoring El Sistema youth in Venezuela, working with Big hART, or appearing at Radial system Berlin, London’s National Theatre, BAM, Carnegie Hall, and Kennedy Center.