Matt Constantine's Profile

Background:

Matt is a teacher and cellist based in West London who has had a very varied career crossing as many musical boundaries as possible. From premiering a John Tavener work as part of the BBC Proms season to performing on the G stage at Glastonbury festival to London Jazz Festival at The Barbican, he has worked with a broad range of artists and composers across the musical spectrum. He has been teaching for 17 years students of various ages in schools and also runs two local area youth training string orchestras. Most of Matt's teaching experience is one to one lessons but he also has experience of class teaching and group lessons as well as experience conducting workshops and orchestral coaching. Performance career highlights include co-writing and performing a re-scoring of the classic 1957 film Mother India with DJ Tigerstyle in venues including Sydney Opera House, Prospect Park in NYC, The Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and Esplanade Park in Singapore ('We think the cinematic experience of the summer has to be Mother India 21st Century Remix', The Telegraph, 'A powerful and moving glimpse of a challenging, unwieldy masterpiece', The Guardian), and performing cello on TV dramas that include Channel 4's Humans for composer Sarah Warne, Sky's The Five for composer Mike Jennings and BBC's Doctor Who for composer Segun Akinola. Matt is an active recording session player who has also recorded for films, documentaries, adverts and video games.