Charles Matthews
Pianist, Organist,
Harpsichordist, Composer & Teacher
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Charles pursues a varied career as pianist, organist,
harpsichordist, conductor, composer and teacher, performing and broadcasting
for radio and television within the UK and internationally. He has won
numerous awards, perhaps most notably the first prize in the 1999 Franz Liszt
Memorial Competition in Budapest. His recordings have been issued by
Olympia, Priory, Guild and Touch; he has also composed a collection of pieces
for flute and piano, published in 2006 by Schott.
Recently, Charles has
performed in a variety of venues in the UK, as well as in Austria, France,
Latvia, Spain, Norway and China. Charles is
organist of St Catharine's Church, Chipping Campden,
Gloucestershire; he also works extensively with children, is an organ tutor
at Birmingham
Conservatoire and contemporary music coach on the annual Curso Internacional Matisse at
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. Charles is married with three children. |
Principal
recordings
2010 24 Preludes for Piano Charles's
recording of Francis Routh's 24 Preludes for Piano
is to be released shortly. 2008 Spire Live - Fundamentalis A 2 LP (only) set
of live tracks recorded at Spire events in 2005 and 2006: 2005 Spire Live in Geneva Cathedral St Pierre A 2 CD set of the
first concert of the Spire organ and electronics project: Charles plays four
organ solo pieces by Marcus Davidson, André Jolivet
and Liana Alexandra (with other performances by Marcus Davidson,
B J Nilsen, Philip Jeck
and Christian Fennesz) 2003 Oratio: 20th Century Sacred
Music from Spain & Latin America Seventeen pieces
of 20th century Spanish organ music and choral works, sung by Coro Cervantes,
under the direction of Carlos Fernández Aransay 2001 Great European Organs, No 65 Organ music by
André Jolivet, Darius Milhaud and other French composers,
played on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine,
Paris 1994 Arnold Bax: Viola
and Piano Music Works for piano
solo and for viola and piano (with Richard Crabtree)
2006 Signs of the Zodiac Fourteen pieces
for flute and piano (intermediate standard: grades 3 - 5).
Part of Schott's Elena Durán collection.
Includes CD 1994-2007 Introits for the
Church's Year 1985-1995 Various parody
compositions for the Miles and Millner Show, Book
1989 The Organs and Organists of the
Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
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