Matthew Hickey

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Matthew Hickey

OAM
Born14 May 1975
Ipswich, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
OccupationBarrister
SpouseBianca Hickey (m. 2002)
Children3
Awards Medal of the Order of Australia, Centenary Medal
Website www.level27chambers.com.au/barristers/matthew-hickey/

Matthew Thomas Hickey OAM [1] (born 14 May 1975 [ citation needed ]) is an Australian barrister. He was formerly a singer, songwriter, producer and director. [2]

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Education

Hickey was born in Ipswich, Australia. He was educated at St Edmund's College, Ipswich and later attended the University of Queensland, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in political science), and the Queensland University of Technology, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Music. [3]

Music career

Hickey started his career as a boy soprano, training with Blodwyn Whitehead OAM. [4] In 1988, he made his professional debut with the St Lucia Orchestra in the Concert Hall at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and, in the same year, appeared as a treble in Opera Queensland's production of Tosca. In 1990 he made his debut at the Sydney Opera House, performing as a featured soloist with the Australian National Youth Choir.[ citation needed ]

Later, Hickey studied towards a Bachelor of Music in opera at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, where he was a student of Professor Janet Delpratt AM. He won numerous prizes and awards, and appeared in masterclasses with the likes of Dame Joan Sutherland and Olaf Bär. As an operatic tenor, he performed with Opera Queensland, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Queensland Pops Orchestra and various chamber ensembles. [5]

In 1998, while an undergraduate, together with fellow students, Hickey developed The Ten Tenors, of which he was a member, director and executive producer until 2010. During that time, The Ten Tenors: were awarded numerous gold and platinum albums in Australia and abroad; recorded at Abbey Road Studios and at Sir George Martin's Air Studios, London; collaborated with Oscar-winning composer John Barry and Grammy-award winning producer Simon Franglen; and performed at high-profile venues worldwide, including the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Sydney Opera House.[ citation needed ]

Hickey toured extensively with the ensemble all over the world, particularly in the US and Europe, performing an estimated 1500 shows with them, and he performed on or produced (or both) the following:

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In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for distinguished service to the Australian music industry. [6]

Since 2010, Hickey has practiced as a barrister in Queensland. He is a member of Level Twenty Seven Chambers. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 he was recognised by Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession as one of Queensland's leading building and construction barristers. [7]

In 2018, Hickey achieved prominence acting for liquidators in high-profile litigation against Clive Palmer and his companies, [8] and in appearances for one of the families during the Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 4 people at Dreamworld in 2016. [9]

Public life

Hickey is a member of the board of the Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr Matthew Thomas Hickey". It's An Honour. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Review: The Ten Tenors". Variety. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Matthew Hickey". Level Twenty Seven Chambers. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Farewell Blodwyn Whitehead OAM". Blackstone-Ipswich Cambrian Choir. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Matthew Hickey". Level Twenty Seven Chambers. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "It's an Honour". It's an Honour. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Leading Construction Barristers - Queensland, 2016". Doyle's Guide to the Australian Legal Profession. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Clive Palmer to foot bill for nephew's 'futile' appeal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "'I was maybe in the top 10 operators at Dreamworld', says operator of fatal ride". www.smh.com.au. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "About Us". Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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