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Colin Matthews

Composer

He has … brought musical architectronics to a personal pitch of mastery.

— Paul Driver, The Sunday Times

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Fondácion BBVA Award

14 February, 2017

I’m just back from Madrid where I was on the jury for the 9th edition of the Fondación BBVA’s Frontiers of Knowledge Awards. The Foundation…
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Colin Matthews, Nicholas Collon sitting at a restaurant table

La vallée des cloches

22 January, 2017

In Manchester last week for the first performance with the BBC Philharmonic and Nicholas Collon of my orchestration of Ravel’s La vallée des cloches, together…
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Colin Matthews taking a bow at the first performance of Voices of the Air

Voices of the Air

1 December, 2016

Last Saturday the Festival Chorus and Soprano Katy Hill, conducted by Andrea Brown, gave a fine first performance of Voices of the Air. The Festival Chorus…
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Opus Zero

12 November, 2016

I’ve just finished a film score : in contrast to the way these things are normally done (at the last moment), it was completed the…
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Richard Watkins and Colin Matthews backstage together after performance of horn concerto

Horn Concerto

11 October, 2016

Richard Watkins gave a fantastic performance of my Horn Concerto at St John’s Smith Square last week, with the Kensington Symphony Orchestra under Russell Keable. You…
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Upcoming Performances

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30 October, 2025 - Pluto the Renewer
Odense Symfoniorkester, Alpesh Chauhan (Conductor)
Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Concert Hall, Denmark

31 October, 2025 - Pluto the Renewer
Odense Symfoniorkester, Alpesh Chauhan (Conductor)
Carl Nielsen Salen, Odense Concert Hall, Denmark

8 February, 2026 - Oboe Concerto (World Premiere)
London Symphony Orchestra, Olivier Stankiewicz (Oboe), Elim Chan (Conductor)
Barbican Hall, London

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