Lynn Arnold & Charles Matthews
Biography Lynn Arnold & Charles Matthews
Lynn Arnold
is well-known for her collaborative musicianship and for her commitment to advocating and performing British music. Recognized for the breadth and scope of her interpretations, Lynn frequently performs across the UK and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. A former Park Lane Group Young Artist, Lynn is an alumna of both Cambridge University where she held a celebrated Instrumental Award and the Royal Academy of Music during which time she won recognition in competitions, least not the prestigious Sir Henry Richardson Award from the Musicians Benevolent Fund.
Lynn makes frequent appearances throughout the UK and further afield at music societies, festivals and major venues such as the Esplanade in Singapore. A founding member of the Warwick Piano Trio with Roger Coull and Nick Roberts, the Arnold Ensemble with Marie Lloyd and Jonathan Barritt, and of "Four Hands" with Charles Matthews, Lynn and Charles are looking forward to making their first "Four Hands" recordings in 2020 for Albion Records. Lynn is proud to play for the charity Music in Hospitals and Care, bringing music to those who would otherwise be unable to access live music. Lynn has been the founding director for the Butlers Marston Concert Society since 2009, bringing outstanding chamber music to rural audiences.
Lynn is Staff Accompanist at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Department, accompanies students in the senior departments at the Academy, and has coached chamber music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. A member of the ABRSM examining panel, Lynn is also Senior Piano Tutor at Warwick University and nurtures her select private teaching practice. Lynn very much enjoys working with students and her work as a tutor reflects the breadth of her performance programme.
Charles Matthews
studied at the Royal College of Music and as 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 organist, pianist, teacher and conductor. He has given first performances of works by Francis Routh and Marcus Davidson and has won numerous awards, perhaps most notably the first prize in the 1999 Franz Liszt Memorial Competition in Budapest and First Prize in the 2001 Cesar Franck Competition, Haarlem. He works as a chamber music and contemporary music coach on the annual Matisse Music Course, El Escorial, Spain.
He has broadcast solo organ works on BBC Radio 3 and piano works on Spanish television. His recordings have been issued by Redcliffe, Priory, Olympia, Guild, Touch, Priory and Fundación Autor, Spain. He has also composed a collection of pieces for flute and piano, recently published by Schott.
