Welcome to Deal Festival of Music and Arts 2012 - 29th June to 8th July

Matthew Sharp

Kent cast its spell early in Matthew's life - aged 6 he played the Page Boy in Kent Opera's Miller/Norrington production of Verdi's Falstaff. Three decades later it's great to be back!
 
Aromatic greasepaint and roaring crowds have remained central to his life. Following studies in Koln, Cambridge and Stockholm, he has performed at major venues and festivals worlwide as solo cellist, singer and theatre performer. In concert, he has appeared with the RPO, LPO, Ural Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and European Camerata, and will be making his debut with the CBSO next year. In opera, he has sung for Opera North (Papageno, Pied Piper, The Lost Chord), ROH2 (Exposure, Pleasure's Progress) and Almeida Opera (The Silent Twins). In theatre, he has performed at the Young Vic and National Theatre Studio. In addition, he has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, the South Bank and Salle Gaveau, recorded for Sony, Naxos and Avie and broadcast widely on TV and Radio. His own work in music theatre and opera has been highly acclaimed and toured the UK, US and India.

He combines these core 'classical' activities with a uniquely pioneering outlook both within music and across disciplines. He has given over 50 world premieres, performed with acclaimed musicians from jazz, world and electronic music and collaborated with leading artists from theatre, dance and film.