Matthew Hunt
clarinet

Matthew Hunt began his musical education as a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral. He later studied at the Guildhall School in London, and in Paris with Pascal Moraguès.

Now much in demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Matthew has performed at venues around Britain and abroad, including the Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and St. John’s, Smith Square in London, the Spoleto festival, the Cité des Arts and the British Embassy in Paris, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, the Centre for Performing Arts in Bombay, and has been invited to participate at music festivals in the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, France and Switzerland. He has broadcast and made recordings for Radio 3, Radio France, Swedish Radio, Decca and Canal+, and recorded the solo clarinet part for the film ‘Love Actually’. Matthew has appeared with the Belcea and Accorda Quartets, and the Kungsbacka Trio. He is a member of the Ulysses and Olivier Ensembles and a regular participant at the IMS Prussia Cove ‘Open Chamber Music’ and Wye Valley Chamber Music festivals.

As an orchestral musician, Matthew has appeared with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado’s Lucerne Festival Orchestra and as Guest Principal Clarinettist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Future plans include appearances in London at Wigmore Hall, at the Aldeburgh Festival, in Lucerne and Berne in Switzerland, at the Charlottesville Festival in the USA and with the Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto.