Tamara Matthews

An active performer, Ms. Matthews performs a remarkably varied body of repertoire on opera and concert stages around the world. She has rapidly risen to international status with recent debuts in France, Spain, Israel, as well as major venues in the United States.  Possessing “ a glorious instrument, velvety and warm, glistening with light and dramatically forceful”, Ms. Matthews’ singing resulted in her acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut in 1994 as first prize winner of the Musica Sacra Bach Vocal Competition. Recent debuts include the Royal Albert Hall (Proms) and the Edinburgh Festival with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, a world premiere by Boston-based composer Charles Fussill with the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, chamber music concerts on the Philadelphia Bach Festival Series, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony in Kennedy Center.

In addition to a busy performing career, Ms. Matthews teaches and conducts master classes regularly at festivals and seminars. She has participated on the faculties of both Swarthmore College and Westminster Choir College as a professor of voice. Visit the Telarc label web site for information on Ms. Matthew's latest CD project.

She may also be heard on the American Bach Soloists' Beethoven 9th CD release: http://americanbach.org/recordings/BeethovenNotes.htm

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