Matthew Schellhorn | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 February 1977 Doncaster, England |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Signum, Nonclassical, Navona, Diatribe, Red Sock, Naxos, NMC |
| Website | matthewschellhorn |
Matthew Schellhorn (born 4 February 1977 in Yorkshire) is an English classical pianist.
Matthew Schellhorn studied at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester [1] and Girton College, Cambridge. [2] His teachers included David Hartigan, Maria Curcio, Ryszard Bakst, Peter Hill and Yvonne Loriod. [3]
Matthew Schellhorn's performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 [4] and Radio France. [5]
He has given world premieres of works by Nicola LeFanu, [6] Ian Wilson [7] and Gráinne Mulvey. [8] His 2009 commission Homage to Haydn from composers Tim Watts, Michael Zev Gordon, Cecilia McDowall, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Colin Riley, and Jeremy Thurlow was later published in Muso Magazine. [9] His 2014 disc, Ian Wilson: Stations, received positive press, with a four-star review from The Irish Times . [10]
Schellhorn is particularly known for his performances of the music of Olivier Messiaen. [11] His disc with the Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Messiaen: Chamber Works (Signum Classics SIGCD126) was an AllMusic Classical Editors' Favourite of 2008. [12]
Matthew Schellhorn launched his 2014 CD Ian Wilson: Stations with a fundraising concert for Christians in the Holy Land. [13]
During 2014, he publicly campaigned against the Assisted Dying Bill tabled by Lord Falconer of Thoroton, writing for The Catholic Herald. [14] He was also later interviewed in the newspaper. [15]
In November 2018, he was appointed Patron of The Sand House Charity, which carries out educational, artistic and heritage projects and activities linked with South Yorkshire. [16]
In March 2022, the National Youth Arts Trust (Charity No. 1152367) announced Matthew Schellhorn as a Patron. [17] [18]
2017: London - Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians [20]  |
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Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex. Harmonically and melodically, he employed a system he called modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from the systems of material his early compositions and improvisations generated. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, voice, solo organ, and piano, and experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime.
Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jeanne Loriod.
The Turangalîla-Symphonie is the only symphony by Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992). It was written for an orchestra of large forces from 1946 to 1948 on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Along with the Quatuor pour la fin du temps, the symphony is one of the composer's most notable works.
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