Artistic director

Matilda Hofman, conductor and artistic director.

Matilda's work as a conductor ranges widely from opera and the symphonic repertoire to her keen interest in contemporary music. She studied at Cambridge University, the Royal Academy of Music and the Eastman School of Music.

Matilda works in the United States, Canada and the UK, and was recently invited to conduct the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in their New Music Festival, which was broadcast on CBC radio. Operas conducted include Le Nozze di Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, Turn of the Screw, and Albert Herring as well as contemporary commissions. She has worked with the BBC Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Nash Ensemble and Southbank Sinfonia among others.

Matilda is passionate about bringing music to young people and to underprivileged communities. While studying at Eastman she was Music Director of the New Eastman Outreach Orchestra which aims to make classical music available to everyone in the Rochester community. During her tenure she developed a long-term program with the inner-city School of the Arts, which involved regular mentoring, education concerts and side-by-sides.

Matilda has also studied with David Zinman as a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, with Sir Colin Davis, Martyn Brabbins, and with Kurt Masur.