Matthew has been Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic since August 2023. In addition to concerts in Finland, the 2024/25 season sees Matthew guest conduct the Atlanta Symphony, SWR Symphonieorchester, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Tonkünstler-Orchester, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestre national de Belgique and Warsaw Philharmonic in repertoire ranging from Handel and Rameau to Bruckner and Sibelius.
Highlights of the previous two seasons have included returns to Finnish Radio Symphony, Wiener Symphoniker, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Stavanger Symphony, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Indianapolis Symphony, Residentie Orchestra and Estonian National Symphony, alongside debuts with Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Tapiola Sinfonietta and Antwerp Symphony.
With a background in period-performance, Matthew was one of the first to guest-conduct Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Concentus Musicus Wien. Since then he has conducted baroque and classical programmes with the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony among many others. His discography includes Bach’s Harpsichord Concertos directed from the keyboard, the premiere recording of Handel’s Parnasso in Festa and Bach’s Easter and Ascension oratorios.
