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Selected as a “Talent to Watch” by BBC Music Magazine, and described as “a rising star” (BBC Radio 3) and “one of Britain’s most exciting young pianists” (Classic FM), Matthew Schellhorn has a growing international career, which in recent seasons has seen recitals in Europe, Ireland, the Far East, and North America.

Highlights of the 2009/10 season included chamber concerts in Cheshire and Yorkshire, and a performance of Scriabin’s Piano Concerto at St John’s, Smith Square.

Matthew Schellhorn’s performances of the music of Olivier Messiaen have been met with superlative critical approval. His acclaimed solo recital at London’s Purcell Room (Southbank Centre) in 2006 confirmed his status as the pre-eminent Messiaen interpreter of his generation in Britain. His disc with the Soloists of the Philharmonia Orchestra (Messiaen: Chamber Works) is available on Signum Classics.

He is also a prominent performer of new music, with several works written for, or dedicated to, him. Most recently, Matthew Schellhorn commissioned a set of six pieces by different composers to mark the Haydn bicentenary. He also collaborated with the Ossian Ensemble in the newly established Kew Music Festival and the Sounds New Festival in Canterbury.

Forthcoming plans include a recording of Stations by Irish composer Ian Wilson.

Schellhorn was in his element, letting the pedalled chords float and calibrating the interplay between darkness and light with fastidious care.
The Independent (Wigmore Hall debut, May 2008)