08/23/2021
Next up is discussions with Holly Mathieson, available now on Episode 17! Hear about her life and career in New Zealand and her work with Symphony Nova Scotia.
Photo Cred: Martin Stewart, 2019
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New Zealand-born Holly Mathieson is an award-winning conductor, regularly working with opera houses, ballet companies and orchestras in Europe, Australasia and North America. She is the Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia and Co-Artistic Director of the Nevis Ensemble with Jon Hargreaves. She frequently records for BBC Radio 3, and her first major commercial recording with Decca, a collaboration with Isata Kanneh-Mason and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, reached #1 on the UK classical charts. Her work has seen her travel to nearly every continent on the planet, and perform for audiences spanning from the British Royal Family and Europe’s political elites, to Scotland’s homeless and refugee communities. In addition to her conducting work, Holly is on the board of Directors for London-based opera company formidAbility, an opera company pioneering the commissioning and producing of opera with accessibility at the foundation of the creative process.
She currently lives in Glasgow, and is regularly invited to be a guest teacher at the major UK conservatoires. She is a frequent contributor and guest speaker for various industry podcasts and blogs, writes about music, and in summer 2019 launched her own blog and podcast called Scordatura.
