MATTHEW WADSWORTH - LUTENIST
is in great demand as a soloist, continuo player and chamber
musician. He has appeared at major festivals in the UK
and Europe and can frequently be heard on radio, both
in live performance and on disc.
Matthew has recorded for Avie, Deux-Elles, Linn and EMI
Classics . His CDs, "Away Delights" (featuring
music by Robert Johnson) and "14 Silver Strings"
(Kapsberger and Piccinini) have received international
critical acclaim. His latest CD, "When Laura Smiles"
(Philip Rosseter) was released in October 2005 on Avie.
Matthew studied lute with Nigel North at London's
Royal Academy of Music, winning the London Student of
the Year award in 1997 for his work on the development
of Braille lute tablature. He spent a year at the Royal
Conservatory in The Hague and now has a post at the Royal
Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. He is also
a founder member of Ricordo, which has earned a reputation
for its flamboyant performances of seventeenth century
music. Wadsworth was recently made an Associate of the
Royal Academy of Music and was nominated by The Independent
as a "Rising Star for 2005". He is now Musical
Ambassador for Britain's National Talking Newspapers and
Magazines.
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