Matthew Rhodes

23, United Kingdom

Matthew Rhodes is currently completing his Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, and the Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo. He graduated in 2021 with a Bachelors degree from the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki.

In the season of 2022/23, Matthew made his debut in two concert productions with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. In addition to this, he returns for concerts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, The Orchestra of NorrlandsOperan, Västersås Sinfonietta, KammarensembleN, and Norrbotten NEO. In August 2022, Matthew was personally invited by Jukka-Pekka Saraste to conduct in the Fiskars Summer Festival (Finland) alongside conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hannu Lintu and Dalia Stasevska.

Matthew began his conducting studies at the age of 16 at the Junior College of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, under the instruction of Ewa Strusinska. Matthew is generously supported by the Swedish Royal Academy and was awarded their National Stipend for conducting in 2023.

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