Biography

Born in 1966, Charles Matthews studied at the Royal College of Music, London, and was an organ scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge.  His teachers have included Beryl Tichbon, Gwilym Isaac, David Pettit, Patricia Carroll, Nicholas Danby, Charles Spinks and Dr Richard Marlow.

Charles pursues a varied career as pianist, organist, harpsichordist, conductor, composer and teacher, performing and broadcasting for radio and television within the UK and internationally.  He has won numerous awards, perhaps most notably the first prize in the 1999 Franz Liszt Memorial Competition in Budapest.  His recordings have been issued by Olympia, Priory, Guild and Touch; he has also composed a collection of pieces for flute and piano, published in 2006 by Schott.

Recently, Charles has performed in a variety of venues in the UK, as well as in Austria, France, Latvia, Spain, Norway and China.

Charles is organist of St Catharine's Church, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire; he also works extensively with children, is an organ tutor at Birmingham Conservatoire and contemporary music coach on the annual Curso Internacional Matisse at San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.

Charles is married with three children.

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