Matthew Wilsher

Matthew Wilsher is a chamber, orchestral and solo clarinettist, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with distinction in clarinet performance, where he was also a Chamber Music Fellow and Open Academy Fellow. Since graduating, Matthew has been lucky enough to work with such esteemed conductors as Sir Mark Elder, Sir Trevor Pinnock and Manuel Lopez Gomez, and has studied with Sir Andrew Marriner and Christopher Richards of the LSO, and Mark Van der Weil of the Philharmonia. As well as performing and recording with the Philharmonia and the London Sinfonietta in venues such as the Royal Festival hall, Matthew is principal clarinet of Dorset Opera, Devon Opera and Waterperry Opera, and freelances with many other opera organisations such as ETO and West Green House Opera . As an active member of the wind quintet Moriarty Winds, Matthew has performed at Wigmore Hall and in Wimbledon International Music Festival and Surrey Hills International Music festival.