MatthewHalls
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Antonio Orlando
For contracts, logistics and press:
Holly Cartwright
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Matthew
Chief Conductor and Artistic Director: Tampere Philharmonic
The 2023/24 season sees Matthew's first season as Chief Conductor of Finland’s Tampere Philharmonic, with programmes ranging from Bach’s St John Passion through to Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. He also returns to the Finnish Radio Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony and Wiener Symphoniker, and debuts with Tapiola Sinfonietta. Further ahead, he debuts with Atlanta Symphony and Orchestre national de Belgique and returns to Dallas Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.
Highlights in 2022/23 included debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestre de chambre de Paris and Antwerp Symphony and returns to Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Indianapolis Symphony, Residentie Orchestra and Houston Symphony. Matthew also has regular guest conducting relationships with The Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Toronto Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra among others.
With a background in period-performance, Matthew was one of the first to guest-conduct Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Concentus Musicus Wien. 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.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Sample Programmes
Tampere Philharmonic (Oct 2022)
Sebastian Fagerlund: Nomade interval Bruckner: Symphony No.7
Minnesota Orchestra (Jan 2023)
Adolphus Hailstork: Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed Schumann: Cello Concerto interval Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
News
Matthew Halls returns to Finnish Radio Symphony
Matthew Halls debuts with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Matthew Halls debuts with the Gulbenkian Orchestra
Matthew Halls debuts with Minnesota Orchestra
Matthew Halls debuts with Orchestre de chambre de Paris
Matthew Halls appointed Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic
Conductor Matthew Halls signs to Askonas Holt
Press
Beethoven and Sibelius with the Tampere Philharmonic
Tampere-talo, TampereSep 2023Matthew Halls has already brought a new kind of lightness and sharpness to the sound of the orchestra in just a few weeks as Chief Conductor. At the same time, he demands from the orchestra a wide range of tone nuances and intensity, both at quieter and louder extremes - these traits served Beethoven's music ideally. The interpretation of En Saga had a suitable proportion of fullness and finished details. The arc of the drama was shaped by Halls as naturally as a month ago with Sibelius' Fifth. The mysteriously soaring main theme went through all the emotional states before falling into a breathless silence.
- Aamulehti
- 30 September 2023
