Table for the 1 triples with object "One of the leading lutenists of his generation, Matthew Wadsworth is in great demand as a continuo player, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. He has appeared at many of the major festivals in the UK and Europe and can frequently be heard on radio, in live performances or on disc.
Matthew studied lute at London's Royal Academy of Music with Nigel North, who is now a good friend and colleague.
After graduating in 1997, winning the London student of the year award for his work on the development of Braille lute tablature, Matthew spent a valuable year at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague.
Matthew is also a founder member of Ricordo, which has earned an enviable reputation for its flamboyant performances of seventeenth century music. The ensemble has been regularly featured on BBC Radio 3, including on The Early Music Show and Music Restored. Ricordo's CD recording of Biber on Linn records (Virtuoso in the Making) has enjoyed great success, and its next recording will be released in 2005 featuring the music of Schmeltzer.
February 2003 saw Matthew's solo debut at London's Wigmore Hall and he shared a recital with guitarist John Williams at the Royal Society of Medicine. He now gives at least one solo recital per year at either the Wigmore Hall or the South Bank Centre.
Matthew Wadsworth's CD recording of music by Kapsberger and Piccinini (14 Silver Strings) for Deux-Elles records has received international critical acclaim and was Gramophone Editor's Choice and BBC Music Magazine's Pick of the Month. He has recorded for EMI, Avie, Deux-Elles and Linn records.
Matthew continues to be much involved with the development of Braille music technology and is currently collaborating with a company in the USA to facilitate production of Braille lute tablature from electronic format, which will greatly benefit visually impaired musicians the world over.
Carolyn Sampson comes from Bedford, England and read music at the University of Birmingham. A stylish interpreter of the baroque and classical masters, she regularly appears with many of the most respected period instrument groups and conductors: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The King's Consort, The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, The Sixteen, The English Concert, The Gabrieli Consort, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Il Giardino Armonico, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe, Gustav Leonhardt, Harry Christophers, Trevor Pinnock, Masaaki Suzuki, Emmanuel Haim, Paul McCreesh, Christophe Coin and Giovanni Antonini.
Modern orchestras and choirs with whom she performs include the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees The Royal Concertgebouw, Halle, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the RIAS Kammerchor. Carolyn's repertoire includes Brahms, Britten, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Stravinsky.
She has recorded Vivaldi, Zelenka, Monteverdi, Handel, Rameau and Lalande for Hyperion, Bach for Harmonia Mundi and Bis, Robert Johnson lute songs for Avie, Monteverdi's L'Orfeo for Virgin Classics and Gluck's Paride ed Elena for DG Archiv,.
Carolyn sang Pamina in The Magic Flute with the English National Opera for whom she takes the title role of Handel's Semele (November 2004). Other opera projects include Asteria in Tamerlano with Le Concert d'Astree and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera de Montpellier."^^xsd:string on predicate ns2:olb sorted by label
