Member
Contact Information
ing.matthews2@gmail.comhttp://www.ingridmatthews.com
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Early Music Skills & Interests
ViolinEarly Music Affiliations
Educator, Performer
Biography
Ingrid Matthews teaches Baroque Violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School's Historical Performance Institute. Well established as one of the premier baroque violinists of her generation, she won first prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music in 1989 and was a member of Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra before founding the Seattle Baroque Orchestra with Byron Schenkman; she served as its Music Director from 1994 to 2013. Matthews has performed extensively around the world with many of today's leading early music ensembles, appearing as a soloist and/or guest director with groups including the New York Collegium, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Bach Sinfonia (Washington DC), Ars Lyrica (Houston), and many more, and she is a member of San Fancisco-based ensemble Musica Pacifica. Matthews has won high critical acclaim for a discography ranging from the earliest Italian violin music through the Sonatas and Partitas of J.S. Bach (“the finest complete set of these works,” according to Third Ear's Classical Music Listening Companion). She has served on the jury for the Indianapolis Early Music Competition and the Barbash Bach Competition, and given masterclasses or residencies at such institutions as the New England Conservatory, Oberlin College, the University of Southern California/Los Angeles, and the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. She is also active as a visual artist.
