https://www.matthewkofiwaldren.com/conducting-gallery daily 0.75 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727614682079-4UOSJ6L806M5RGHU4N17/IMG_3518.jpg Conducting Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727379603397-Q0IHH7MJL1ZMCO4VO913/IMG_3518.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Cadogan Hall; 2024 Curtain call; I due Foscari; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727379063955-76RVEUBAKM3QESGAKA92/IMG_3397.jpg Conducting Gallery - Bangor; 2023 With WNO Orchestra and soloists at the curtain call of Music from the Heart, Bangor, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727451118323-VD5TC7VTU6PR5YPUBYXP/IMG_3373.jpg Conducting Gallery - Bridgewater Hall; 2023 Curtain Call; Opera North; Pearl Fishers; Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469283994-R6ZGCG0GP13W48D0OONG/IMG_3375.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Pearl Fishers; 2023 Conducting forces of Opera North at Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469276350-XTH47ZX1N0NF25FG5R21/IMG_3376.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Opera North; 2023 Pearl Fishers with Opera North; Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727378392304-HX8SMR7D0I6RNFLH3QG1/IMG_3377.jpg Conducting Gallery - Les pecheurs; 2023 Conducting Pearl Fishers with Opera North at Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469533815-YONL5BRSWN3EXBERDN4S/IMG_1144.jpeg Conducting Gallery - CLS; 2023 Conducting Britten with CLS at QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469536463-1FQ3GDLCIHCYCGEG7J6H/IMG_1143.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Ascent of F6; 2023 Curtain call for ‘The Ascent of F6’ at QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469535143-HEBP7Y6B25ZPVP1SUTTB/IMG_1146.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Britten vs Auden; 2023 Curtain call of Britten vs Auden; CLS; QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1614804137403-VIDZG0XLOOZ9BJ53WDM7/Picture8.png Conducting Gallery With the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, and the soloists of La petite bohème https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469146153-7JA626DITKW0W614A3FL/IMG_3436.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Snow Maiden Final rehearsals for Rimsky Korsakov’s ‘The Snow Maiden’ at RNCM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1651398141814-NTIYPHSJWDRE4SMP2NWW/IMG_3205.jpeg Conducting Gallery - CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Curtain call with CBSO and CBSO Chorus, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. April 2022. ’Opera’s Greatest Hits’ - soprano, Nadine Benjamin; mezzo-soprano, Heather Lowe; tenor, Charne Rochford; baritone, Nic Lester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469285345-8EO67IDUGAJ4B17DBUYE/IMG_3374.jpeg Conducting Gallery - CBSO; 2022 Opera’s Greatest Hits; CBSO; 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1627399576487-HMBUQUSS2OVS4N6EWCLN/image-asset.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Chineke! Matthew and the Chineke! Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, 2021. Chris Christodoulou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1661348895416-UNOE2WLZEDKTTRRNI3I2/IMG_3209.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Migrations; 2022 Curtain call of the world premiere of Migrations at WNO; 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1627399894479-7WU6OZNDFD58XL8099K9/image-asset.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Traviata curtain call At Opera Holland Park, 2021. 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Junior Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615457253665-NP4JVAPP239WWB656TKH/Picture+8.png Conducting Gallery - Nardus Williams; 2020 With soprano Nardus Williams and CLS at Opera Holland Park. Credit Ali Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615457627779-AJ0J7ZZ7T0Q0C03QN20W/Picture+0.png Conducting Gallery Matthew conducting Verdi’s La traviata. Credit, Ali Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727379673417-24EHCJP3RPDAPUTZPT08/IMG_3530.jpeg Conducting Gallery - West Green House; 2024 Il barbiere di Siviglia; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962504531-GTQWQG2QERWHV545BJZI/IMG_3632.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Matthew leads Sinfonia Smith Square Care Homes Concert at Bristol Beacon. 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Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962515667-9O4V74KWVB44VWVFGIAZ/IMG_3629.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Audience view at Bristol Beacon Matthew leads Sinfonia Smith Square in a concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962517338-DX1V98SOSFAHXKOFWMIM/IMG_3637.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Bristol Beacon Concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962518644-TXE9T42MS4WF89HSK7YI/IMG_3636.jpeg Conducting Gallery - Bristol Beacon Concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. 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April 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458257752-YY4A2QD9VQIC8GM3DTIB/Rehearsal+1.png Rehearsal Gallery - Ros Plowright; 2019 Matthew and Rodula Gaitanou during rehearsals for Un ballo in maschera, OHP 2019; Credit, Ali Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458338164-ZY4QOSP0DAFIMNZHW1M4/Rehearsal+5.png Rehearsal Gallery - OHP; Ballo Rehearsing un ballo in maschera with Rodula Gaitanou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1614027998586-E8J0GG328LFCZW739VOG/image-asset.jpeg Rehearsal Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458276136-PNSKDXV90HWQWXTU51GI/Rehearsal+2.png Rehearsal Gallery - Stephen GAdd; 2018 Traviata with Stephen Gadd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458299198-29J1HOW6BK4XLE6SWS8H/Rehearsal+3.png Rehearsal Gallery - Paul Bunyan; 2018 With ENO choristers rehearsing Paul Bunyan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469287325-MZ3WPQPSWHACH4JHIJ8A/IMG_3267.jpeg Rehearsal Gallery - VOBO rehearsal; 2022 Rehearsal WNO and singers for competition final; 2022 https://www.matthewkofiwaldren.com/friends-colleagues daily 0.75 2024-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521900248-VRDFF5SCM97G8GUZ11O1/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - BBCCO; 2024 With Matthew Swann, BBCCO, after a concert at BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521900248-VRDFF5SCM97G8GUZ11O1/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - BBCCO; 2024 With Matthew Swann, BBCCO, after a concert at BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521991201-ACCFM58XFZCQ0IVA9UWY/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - FNiMN 2024 Sharing a joke with host Gareth Malone and tenor Charne Rochford at the end of a BBCCO, radio 3, Friday Night is Music Night, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522257222-QHXCTNHVR3ODIFQNWW33/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - I due Foscari; 2024 Post-concert Cadogan Hall selfie with the I due Foscari cast; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1614804668161-DJ71QZZY1GNFCAOWI9Q4/Backstage+1+copy.png Friends & Colleagues Planning ‘on-the-fly’ with CEO of Opera Holland Park, James Clutton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522586115-EYFV51WG0199L8LEHGMF/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - Oliviers; 2024 At the Olivier Awards with director Tinuke Craig; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727523179694-4JJRW7RCJCT7GN1EPA6T/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - Blue selfie; 2023 At the end of music rehearsals with the ENO Blue cast; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521781270-CL6L0MUQWSSIKTOPLOF8/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - Nadine B and Trystan LG; 2023 With Nadine Benjamin and Trystan Llyr Griffiths; WNO summer tour; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615459722251-D6BC1ZY2L2IPYO5XPNM1/Friends+2.png Friends & Colleagues Selfie with some of the WNO Migrations team, including librettist Shreya Sen Handley, composer Will Todd, and director Sir David Pountney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522687488-SD8DRSMYKAPCE69NRLWL/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - QEH; 2023 With the team behind Britten vs Auden at the QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522893428-93JPXZBFRDGFP5GADNCD/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - BBTA; 2023 With soprano Nadine Benjamin and director Tinuke Craig; Black British Theatre Awards; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522374863-ST2JBEYTL8YCTZE1NY2U/image-asset.jpeg Friends & Colleagues - Tosca rehearsals; 2024 Embracing the elements in rehearsal with director Stephen Barlow, soprano Amanda Echalez and baritone Morgan Pearse in matching ponchos! 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Specific work will include how the artists interpret and use a conductor’s gesture in their own interpretations and translations. September 25 - English National Opera; BBC Radio 4; Chineke! Matthew leads the ENO Orchestra, Chorus and soloists in a recording session of music, at Milton Court Concert Hall, celebrating the centenary of Sir Charles Mackerras’s birth. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts ‘How to Play…La Traviata’ on September 4th, and available on BBC Sounds for a year. The programme follows Matthew and the City of London Sinfonia alongside director Rodula Gaitanou and the cast as they rehearsed La Traviata at Opera Holland Park. Meanwhile, the first screening The Eyes of Ghana - the soundtrack having been conducted by Matthew - takes place at Toronto Film Festival with a later UK premiere at the London Film Festival. October 25 - February 26 - English National Opera Matthew returns to ENO at the London Coliseum to conduct the revival of Cal McCrystal’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. The cast includes renowned G&S performers Neal Davies and John Savournin alongside Thomas Atkins and Henna Mun. November 25 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Matthew joins the RPO at their residency at the Hexagon, Reading in An Evening at the Opera on 7th November. The soloists are soprano Francesca Chiejina and tenor Sam Furness. December 25 - Opera Holland Park Matthew leads the rehearsals for the London revival - Smith Square Hall - of Will Todd’s festive musical retelling of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. March 26 - Chelsea Opera Group Matthew returns to Chelsea Opera Group on 15th March to conduct the Company in a Mascagni double bill. Cavalleria Rusticana is preceded by Mascagni’s powerful, passionate and rarely heard Silvano. April - June 26 - Opera Holland Park As the conductor who has returned most regularly to London’s Opera Holland Park, Matthew is delighted to be conducting Puccini’s late masterpiece La fanciulla del West. Matthew will lead the City of London Sinfonia and a cast which includes Amanda Echalez and Robert Hayward. June 26 - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Matthew joins the RPO once again for An Afternoon at the Opera on 7th June at Crawley The Hawth. The soloists are soprano Francesca Chiejina and tenor Sam Furness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/0bb01fa0-af5a-447e-9f6d-45b958ef07bc/IMG_3584.jpeg Schedule | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - 24/25 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Autumn/Winter BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA In a special Puccini Plus Friday Night is Music Night, Matthew curates and conducts a programme celebrating Puccini, his place in Italian opera, and his musical legacy in 20th Century music theatre and film. He is joined by host Gareth Malone, soprano Anna Patalong and tenor Charne Rochford. Repertoire includes: La tregenda (Le Villi), intermezzi from Manon Lescaut and Suor Angelica, overtures to La forza del destino, Il barbiere di Siviglia and The Sea Hawk, some of Puccini’s most loved arias and duets, Neopolitan song, music theatre hits from Rodgers and Hammerstein and Boublil and Schönberg, and the theme from Star Wars: A New Hope. SKY ARTS Sky Arts broadcasts Musical Masterpieces - 1st October - in which Matthew conducts the music of Bizet with the Orchestra of Opera North. OPERA HOLLAND PARK Park Matthew conducts an Opera Gala concert celebrating and introducing their forthcoming 2025 season. BBC RADIO 3 On 29th November, BBC Radio 3 broadcasts Friday Night is Music Night: Puccini Plus, conducted and curated by Matthew. Winter/Spring CHINEKE! ORCHESTRA Matthew joins Chineke! Orchestra at Queen Elizabeth Hall to Celebrate a Decade since Chineke! was formed. This performance includes all the major works the Foundation has commissioned since 2015. Repertoire includes: Fanfare for Chineke! (Shirley Thompson), Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate (Witter-Johnson, Kidane, Thompson, Williams), Free-man (James B. Wilson), to the hibiscus (Cassie Kinoshi), Life, life, life (Stewart Goodyear), Carry That Sound (Julian Joseph), Ethiopia Boy (Roderick Williams), Remnants (James B. Wilson/Yome Sode) SINFONIA VIVA Matthew leads Sinfonia Viva and four of the cathedral choirs from across the East Midlands at Southwell Minster. With a performance with Duruflé’s Requiem at the heart of the evening, they are also joined by organist Paul Provost, mezzo-soprano Hannah Morley and baritone Felix Kemp. Repertoire includes: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan-Williams), Organ Concerto in G Minor Op.36 (Poulenc), Requiem (Duruflé) ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND Matthew returns to the RCS to prepare and conduct two casts of singers and the RCS Opera Orchestra - alongside coaching and mentoring repetiteurs and an assistant conductor - in a production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Performed in the New Athenaeum Theatre, the production is directed by Jim Manganello. Spring/Summer SINFONIA SMITH SQUARE at the BRISTOL BEACON Conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, this concert promises rousing storytelling with some of the most iconic overtures. Get close to the orchestra and be transported to exciting lands, through the works of Mendelssohn, Mozart and Rossini. Friends and family of residents are also welcome to join to watch the concert too. Repertoire includes: Overtures to The Marriage of Figaro, Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), La scala di seta (Rossini), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the Hebrides Overture (Mendelssohn) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Matthew conducts the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and violinist soloist Francesca Dego at the King’s Lynn Festival on 26th July in a vibrant concert of masterworks. Repertoire includes: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams); Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto Op.64 ; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5 Op.64 OPERA HOLLAND PARK Matthew first joins Opera Holland Park for an Opera Gala concert at the Calvary and Guards Club before reuniting with director Rodula Gaitanou to revive their much celebrated production of Verdi’s La traviata for the second time. When Rodula and Matthew first collaborated on this production in 2018 it was hailed as the “finest traviata to reach London in decades”, and Matthew gained plaudits for his flair in this repertoire. Revived in 2021 to more praise, the team reunites to bring this special production to audiences once again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/7c715d9a-1385-4922-80af-c76aeac0e2a7/IMG_3579.jpeg Schedule | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - 23/24 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS WELSH NATIONAL OPERA Matthew conducts the Welsh premiere of Golijov’s Ainadamar at Wales Millenium Centre before embarking on a tour of England and Wales. Deborah Colker directs a co-production with Metropolitan Opera, Detroit Opera and Scottish Opera. CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA ‘Perfection of a Kind: Britten vs Auden’: Matthew and the CLS are joined by singer Johnnie Fiori and actors Alex Jennings and Barry Rutter at Queen Elizabeth Hall as they explore the making and breaking of both Britten and Auden’s personal and professional relationships. ‘Come and Sing! Messiah’: Matthew and the CLS are joined on Good Friday by up and coming soloists (mentored by Yvonne Howard) and an amateur chorus of participants to perform Handel’s masterpiece. RNCM Opera Matthew prepares and conducts two casts, the RNCM Opera Orchestra - alongside coaching and mentoring a repetiteur and assistant conductor - in Jack Furness’s production of Rimsky Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden. OPERA HOLLAND PARK Matthew teams up with director Stephen Barlow and soprano Amanda Echalez in a reworking of Stephen’s acclaimed 2009 staging of Puccini’s Tosca. Matthew conducts the CLS and the Chorus of Opera Holland Park. CHELSEA OPERA GROUP Matthew conducts the forces of Chelsea Opera Group at Cadogan Hall, joined by a cast that includes soprano Anush Hovhannisyan and baritone Andrii Kymach, in a rare performance of Verdi’s I due Foscari. WEST GREEN HOUSE OPERA Matthew reunites for the third time with director Victoria Newlyn in a production of Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia. The cast includes baritone Dominic Sedgwick, mezzo-soprano Katie Bray and tenor Nico Darmanin. Matthew is pleased to be joined by former and current ENO artists - Trevor Bowes, Ronald Nairne, Paul Sheehan, and Amy Sedgewick - in roles, covers and chorus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/b64d8751-a423-4c59-9a2e-f56675acabf9/IMG_3583.jpeg Schedule | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - 2022/23 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS WELSH NATIONAL OPERA In a busy season with WNO, Matthew returns to conduct Will Todd’s Migrations in its second iteration at Wales Millenium Centre and subsequently on tour in Wales and England. He teams up again with the Orchestra of WNO to conduct the finals of the VOBO competition, and ends the season by conducting their summer orchestral tour, Music of the Heart. LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Matthew leads the LPO and violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason, at Snape Maltings and St Martin’s in the Fields, in a collaboration with Concert Theatre Works. We bring The Chavalier to UK audiences for the first time, a play with music exploring Joseph Boulogne’s encounter with Mozart in 18th century Paris. ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA Matthew leads the British premiere of Tesori’s Blue for ENO at the London Coliseum in a production directed by Tinuke Craig. The cast includes soprano Nadine Benjamin, bass Kenneth Kellogg (who originated the role of The Father) and tenor Zwakele Tshabalala. OPERA NORTH Matthew returns to Opera North to conduct The Pearl Fishers. Directed by Matthew Eberhardt, the production will receive staged performances in Leeds before embarking on a tour of the UK’s major concert halls. The cast includes soprano Sophia Theodoridis, tenor Nico Darmanin, baritone Quirjin de Lang, and bass James Creswell. https://www.matthewkofiwaldren.com/press-reviews daily 0.75 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/121a6fc1-7aa5-4ea5-bca2-cafa17562548/IMG_3736.png Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - AUTUMN - WINTER 2025 HMS PINAFORE - English National Opera, London Coliseum “Matthew Kofi Waldren serves up the score with plenty of punch and the ENO chorus is on outstanding form” - The Guardian (December 2025) “Gilbert and Sullivan endure. I’d almost forgotten how supremely lyrical, melodic and foot-tapping HMS Pinafore is—all at the same time. Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren honours Sullivan, endures the directions from the stage in good spirit and conducts a storm. This is my pleasure.” - British Theatre Guide (December 2025) “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts with buoyancy and finesse, keeping the orchestral sound lively without rushing. The chorus – always one of ENO’s strengths – sing with clarity and excellent ensemble…There are pleasures to be found – chiefly musical, and chiefly thanks to the cast and orchestra” - Music OMH (December 2025) “In the pit, Matthew Kofi Waldren excelled in the rumbustious overture and kept the rest of the evening for singers and orchestra alike on a tight rein. The men’s chorus was lusty and there were wonderful sounds from the deep basses.” - Seen and Heard International (December 2025) “The ENO orchestra and chorus are superb, sprightly and vivid at all the right moments. Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren emphasises the colour in the score and the orchestra is both polished and playful.” - Arts Hub (December 2025) “Keeping everything shipshape below deck is the orchestra of ENO under Matthew Kofi Waldren who, together, inject plenty of life into this Victorian score and somehow manage to ignore the mayhem above. Altogether, a fun-filled evening of lampooning and lusty singing – English National Opera at its best.” - Opera Today (December 2025) “The ENO orchestra was conducted at a brisk tempo by Matthew Kofi Waldren, holding everything together as the performers enjoyed themselves.” - The Daily Express (December 2025) “Conducted wondrously by Maestro Matthew Kofi Waldren, they provided soaring melodies and a perfect warmth of sound throughout, which always supported the singers with great energy, reliability and sensitivity.” - All that Dazzles (December 2025) “Under Matthew Kofi Waldren’s baton, they play the stirring score with a zip and a bounce, with cracking timpani and soaring solos.” - Music Theatre Review (December 2025) “The ENO band for HMS Pinafore is conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, who previously conducted ENO’s Olivier Award-nominated production of Jeanine Tesori’s Blue. He created a precise and dynamic reading of the score, with the musicians responding to his direction impeccably.” - London Unattached (December 2025) “With a smallish-sounding band accompanying crisply directed by Matthew Kofi Waldren, this makes for a fine, fun, if frothy, night out.” - Critics Circle (December 2025) “the orchestra plays with warmth and full-bodied sweep. In visual and musical terms, the evening often impresses.” - The Reviews Hub (December 2025) “The conducting by Matthew Kofi Waldren is sure-footed” - Plays to See (December 2025) “But the merriment of the production is the same, under the exuberant conduction of Matthew Kofi Waldren. ” - Theatre Cat (December 2025) “The ENO orchestra under Matthew Kofi Waldren play stylishly and idiomatically. It says a lot for their sheer versatility that they are able to produce a convincingly early music scrunchy sound in Handel’s Partenope, as well as delivering Sullivan’s score so neatly.” - Mark Aspen (December 2025) ”Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts extremely well, while the cast is notably strong.” - Opera Online (December 2025) “Marshalling the excellent ENO chorus and orchestra in Sullivan’s infallible score is conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren” - The Stage (December 2025) “the orchestra, led by Matthew Kofi Waldren, is incredible.” - Theatre Weekly (December 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/dcd37103-c0a1-46ba-93ac-879628f1fd1e/IMG_3678.jpeg Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - SPRING - SUMMER 2025 CHINEKE! CELEBRATES A DECADE - Chineke! Orchestra, QEH, London “The orchestra and the excellent conductor Matthew Kofi-Waldren rose to the occasion with playing of beautiful precision and sensitivity.” - Telegraph (January 2025) “Its programmes often include standard repertoire; not here. Instead, we got a selection of Chineke! commissions, conducted with calm authority by Matthew Kofi Waldren.“ - The Evening Standard (January 2025) LA TRAVIATA - Opera Holland Park “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts the prelude with exquisite restraint, the phrasing so delicate and unhurried it seems to echo the rhythm of fading breath... The Act II encounter between Violetta and Germont is the opera’s emotional core, and here it is delivered with clarity and conviction...The orchestra, under Matthew Kofi Waldren, mirrors their journey with restrained power and emotional precision, allowing this complex, shifting relationship to unfold with poignant realism… Shortly after, Violetta’s private anguish erupts in one of Verdi’s most affecting arias, “Amami, Alfredo.” Langer delivers it with searing vulnerability, her voice unfolding with urgency and heartbreak. The orchestra responds in kind—under Waldren’s sensitive direction, it swells like a wave of raw emotion. It was, quite palpably, a moment that moved many in the audience to tears… This revival, framed by Gaitanou’s sensitive direction, Chisholm’s quietly expressive design, and Waldren’s refined conducting, is overwhelmingly powerful. La Traviata here does not dazzle—it devastates. And in doing so, it reaches a profound emotional truth that lingers long after the final breath.” - Plays to See (July 2025) “With a piece as familiar as this Verdi work – currently the most-frequently staged opera in the world – there’s always a danger of a performance lapsing into cliché or routine. That certainly doesn’t happen here, where the return of Rodula Gaitanou’s production, under the baton of Matthew Kofi Waldren, suggests that these two creatives have scrutinised the libretto and score anew to explore further meanings. They are aided in expounding their insights into the piece by an exceptional cast. Even more remarkably, there’s a rewarding individuality about the members of the Opera Holland Park Chorus – a substantial group, incidentally – and among the players of the City of London Sinfonia. They perform a skilful orchestral reduction of the piece while suggesting comprehensively renewed study, which pays serious dividends; it is almost as if one is seeing and hearing the piece for the first time.” - The Stage (July 2025) “In the pit, Matthew Kofi Waldren demonstrated that he has developed into a seasoned Verdian, drawing a fine performance out of all concerned. This was one which flowed dramatically, yet individual singers were allowed time to expand and breathe without letting things stretch out. And overall, there was the sense that music itself was shaped in a way that allowed it to flow. Opera Holland Park has been rightly celebratory of the way the stars aligned for this production when it debuted and this revival was no seasoned routine, but a vibrantly living and musical performance that was profoundly satisfying.” Planet Hugill (July 2025) “In the pit, Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts with vigour and propulsion, creating an impressive sound from the City of London Sinfonia. Verdi's score asks a lot of the orchestra, particularly the violins here, but they respond with aplomb. The playful parties are as well defined as the emotional deathbed, with tenderness and intimacy inbetween.” - Broadway World (July 2025) “it is conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, whose rigorous attention to detail makes for a highly compelling performance.” -MusicOMH (July 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/f43f96ce-9ba9-4092-86cf-fdc69d250720/IMG_3585.jpeg Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - SPRING - SUMMER 2024 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - WGHO “Matthew Kofi Waldren gave a masterclass…Waldren’s approach was crisp and disciplined yet responsive. The music flowed admirably, yet this was bel canto which allowed the singers to shape phrases” - Planet Hugill (July 2024) “Matthew Kofi Waldren’s conducting of the West Green House Orchestra is highly accomplished. He maintains a strong sense of forward momentum without ever making the pace feel forced” - MusicOMH (July 2024) TOSCA - Opera Holland Park “As so often, conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren and OHP’s house band…seized the opportunity of their place right at the centre of the action. They delivered not just background music but the densely coloured Roman scene-painting…that peaks in Puccini’s extraordinary, and beautifully executed, prelude to Act III. Cellos, horns, clarinets and harp painted the city in tender shades while Waldren wrung every drop of the drama from the Wagner-meets-Hollywood motifs that define character and mood. The big ensemble scenes stirred” - The Arts Desk (June 2024) “Matthew Kofi Waldren, with his notable flair for the Italian repertoire, conducts the City of London Sinfonia. The instrumentalists mark their 20th year at OHP with playing that tells a story every bit as vividly as the stage performers. *****” - Culture Whisper (June 2024) “Under Matthew Kofi Waldren, the City of London Sinfonia played with clarity, nuance and impeccable pace - yet another winner in a wet evening that saw the audience set alight.” - Opera Wire (June 2024) “Matthew Kofi Waldren steers the music along with flair” - The Stage (June 2024) “Waldren allowed the music to flow with the vocal line, care was taken over shaping and extending phrases…and you always sensed Waldren’s grip on the larger dramatic point; big moments were thrilling, and small ones were intense. - Planet Hugill (June 2024) ‘the City of London sinfonia…is alert to Matthew Kofi Waldren’s brisk direction, particularly in Puccini’s serene depiction of dawn over deeply troubled Rome.” - Guardian (June 2024) I DUE FOSCARI - COG “The whole enterprise was fortunate to be conducted by the highly gifted Matthew Kofi Waldren…His control over proceedings brought forth my admiration in the way he obtained wonderful playing and singing from the orchestra and chorus while, at the same time, needing to coordinate his singers who were, at all times, singing away from his baton into the audience. A great gift and one that will carry his career forward with confidence and success.” - Musical Opinion (June 2024) “The score’s succession of compact scenes is fast-moving, even precipitous, and in the comparitive intimacy of Cadogan Hall its many bold passages achieved a visceral impact…the sensitivity of Matthew Kofi Waldren’s conducting and the playing of the excellent orchestra came especially to the fore in the contemplative writing for solo clarinet, divided cellos, and a duetting viola and cello.” - Opera (July 2024) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/58cc2ee5-dcf8-4cc1-bc86-18a9d765191c/IMG_3588.jpeg Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - WINTER - SPRING 2023/24 THE SNOWMAIDEN - RNCM “Matthew Kofi Waldren is a wizard in the pit and draws lovely sounds from his players.” - Theatre Reviews North (Dec 2023) “From the very first note, the RNCM’s orchestral prowess, guided by Waldren’s masterful conducting, set the stage for a journey into a realm of mystique and wonder.” - I Love Manchester (Dec 2023) “The Orchestra of RNCM flourished under Matthew Kofi Waldren’s conducting that felt secure and with sensible tempos. Expertly played were solo contributions fron the section principals with flute and clarinet standing out.” - Seen and Heard (Dec 2023) “Much of the opera’s glory lies in its choral set pieces and Rimsky-Korsakov’s prismatic orchestral colours, and, under…Matthew Kofi Waldren, the RNCM chorus and instrumentalists rose thrillingly to the occasion. The final scene in particular was electrifying…” - Opera (February 2024) BRITTEN VS AUDEN - CLS “Matthew Kofi Waldren elucidated the complex thematic developments and variations of the Sinfonietta Op.1, textures and colours brilliantly defined, motifs shaped with invigorating bite, aided but the virtuosity and vitality of the City of London Sinfonia ensemble.” - Opera Today (November 2023) “Conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren…the Sinfonia’s tight and agile playing let us appreciate young Britten straining at the formal leash…the exhilarating early Sinfonietta - executed with panache all round, and lit up by Karen Jones’s flute.” - The Arts Desk (November 2023) “By the end…conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, a moving story emerged, not new but well told, of two artists struggling to find their own voices.” - The Observer (November 2023) AINADAMAR - WNO “Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren presided over the rich musical mix with great skill, drawing first-class playing from the WNO Orchestra.” - Musical America (September 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren does a superb job in capturing its melting pot of potent emotions and rich cultural influences” - The Times (September 2023) “But it was the music, interpreted with urgency and flair by the WNO orchestra, conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, that gave that sense of healing and comfort. - Nation Cymru (September 2023) “Alongside these outstanding principals, this latest incarnation of Ainadamar is featherbedded by the musical brilliance of the WNO Chorus and Orchestra under Matthew Kofi Waldren, and by a supporting cast of unimpeachable quality.” - Bachtrack (September 2023) “Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, and an orchestra packed with guitars, piano, percussion and more, relish this eccentric piece, happily augmented by electronica…Today’s opera world is at its best when it incorporates other musical and dance styles, on an international plain; as barriers continue to be broken in the field, WNO’s Ainadamar stands as an impressive example of this inclusiveness. - Buzz Mag (September 2023) “Under the baton of Matthew Kofi Waldren, the WNO Orchestra handsomely delivered the composer’s score in playing that was rhythmically alert and seductive.” - Opera Today (November 2023) “The WNO Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, ensured Golijov’s complex score was fully expressed so that we felt pulled into the sometimes staccato rhythm of flamenco but also taken through the lyricism of the choral and solo pieces.” - WhatsOnLive (November 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren’s conducting is exemplary. The score is demanding, not least in combining the acoustic and electronic elements. Full credit to all involved in creating such an intricate and engaging soundscape.” - The Reviews Hub (November 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/fc649de1-2d2c-4412-b6bb-8a716f56b0bb/IMG_3589.png Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - 10 WAYS TO SAVE CLASSICAL MUSIC In 2023, Matthew was asked by the Guardian newspaper to contribute to a major article discussing the future of Classical Music in the UK. You can read this article here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/0165b2b6-f99a-4e74-8779-cab0edbeceed/IMG_3590.jpeg Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - SPRING - SUMMER 2023 THE PEARL FISHERS - OPERA NORTH “There is some luscious playing in the orchestra, conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren, not least from the harp. The recurrence of the duet melody, in its various guises, floats in and out of the action like a memory, a reminder.” -The Opera Critic (June 2023) “Under the baton of Matthew Kofi Waldren the spellbinding soundscape, intricate harmonies and soaring choruses expertly captured the extremes of beauty and darkness” - Mag North (May 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren and his band eke out every fleck of colour from Bizet’s score.” - The Times (May 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren’s orchestra is impeccable throughout, maintaining an even momentum.” - The Stage (May 2023) “under Matthew Kofi Waldren’s baton the Orchestra of Opera North sounded magnificent and did him and it proud. - The Arts Desk (May 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren exploits the score’s lyrical qualities expertly.” - The Reviews Hub (May 2023) “Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren’s delivery, in this regard, was surefooted and insightful, highlighting both the score’s serenity and violence. His tempi accomodated the singers admirably and, despite the wide dynamics, there was ample allowance made for them to register vocally. The orchestra was alert and responsive throughout, with particularly beautiful, sympathetic contributions from the flute, cor anglais, horns and cello.” - Leeds Living (May 2023) “With Matthew Kofi Waldren conducting, the Opera North Orchestra brought energy to the dance rhythms in the opening chorus, a splendidly light touch to the Entr’acte setting the scene for the start of Act II, and plenary of bite to the storm at the end of Act II.” - Classical Music Daily (July 2023) BLUE - ENO “a conductor at the top of his game…He was just as impressive here, attentive not only to his singers but wringing everything he could from Tesori’s score; the ENO Orchestra responded in kind” - Seen and Heard (May 2023) “ENO’s crack musicians squeeze every penn’orth from her score under the assured baton of Matthew Kofi Waldren, an unsung hero of UK opera conducting…Waldren’s conviction always carries the day, especially when anger and anguish - the composer’s strongest suits - are to the fore.” - Bachtrack (April 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts with total authority, as always; it seems like only yesterday that I was privileged to be on a jury which chose him as joint ENO Sir Charles Mackerras Conducting Fellow.” - The Arts Desk (April 2023) “masterfully written and performed, with Matthew Kofi Waldren making space for the swell of Jeanine Tesori’s score, and for the quiet moments where every word needed to be heard. - Opera Now (April 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts, complete master of all the score’s many musical genres, and with the Orchestra of English National Opera on top form, right down to the growliest contrabassoon.” - Culture Whisper (April 2023) “Kofi Waldren conducts with considerable commitment and finesse. The playing is exemplary.” - The Guardian (April 2023) “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducted with evident love as well as efficiency and care.” - The Observer (April 2023) “The House orchestra, conducted with fluency and precision by Matthew Kofi Waldren, performs with supple sensitivity to the different genres of music in play.” - Plays to See (April 2023) “The ENO Orchestra are on a roll after the wide-screen triumph of Korngold’s The Dead City, and with Matthew Kofi Waldren conducting, the dramatic line was never sacrificed. The climaxes were intense and tempi suited to the conversational metres of the libretto.” - London Unattached (April 2023) THE CHEVALIER - LPO “The LPO - presided over by conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren - was on ravishing form, managing to convey the chattering class sophistication and lurking anger in Bologna’s work.” - The Arts Desk (March 2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/e43b6cc8-4c47-41c3-90a1-ebd7eeecb5be/IMG_3575.png Press & Reviews | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - AUTUMN - WINTER 2022 MIGRATIONS - WNO “This work represents revolutionary operatic theater…It could very well reframe how opera is created going forward…Perhaps one of the most neo-Wagnerian works staged in some time…Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, director Sir David Pountney, composer and jazz pianist Will Todd, and six brilliant librettists were at the forefront of the collaborative giant.” - Opera Wire (July 2022) “Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren did a bang-up job” - Buzzmag (July 2022) “Matthew Kofi Waldren conducted with authority, marshalling forces that included the Renewal Choir Cummunity Chorus as well as WNO’s chorus and orchestra.” - Opera (September 2022) “With some 100 people on stage and some 60 instrumentalists in the pit, conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren is in secure musical charge of this vast enterprise. It’s an ambitious project that will undoubtedly have achieved many of its goals as well as showing WNO at its best.” - The Stage (June 2022) “with the WNO orchestra on fine form, conducted by Matthew Kofi Waldren. A testament to the power of multicultural collaboration, Migrations pulses with life.” - The Times (June 2022) “Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren marshalled all the WNO forces, plus the Renewal Choir Comminity Chorus, with great flair throughout; the participants’ joy was palpable.” - The Guardian (June 2022) https://www.matthewkofiwaldren.com/media daily 0.75 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/51b45aee-22f0-4cec-9e74-e9d0a987a04e/IMG_3730.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - BBC Radio 4 How to Play Verdi’s La Traviata Listen to Matthew discuss the rehearsal process for Opera Holland Park’s 2025 production of La traviata - in both studio rehearsal and in rehearsal with the City of London Sinfonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/10ac2c55-5ae5-4977-a36f-5ab715544cc3/IMG_3729.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Tom Hickox The Orchestra of Stories Matthew conducts Chineke! Orchestra and Onyx Brass on Tom Hickox’s highly acclaimed album, released in 2025. Listen on Spotify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1607118499291-K0TYC209RHYF6R4PA9I1/Screenshot+2020-12-04+at+22.48.05.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Matthew conducts the #1 best-selling album of Will Todd’s opera. Listen on Spotify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727379603397-Q0IHH7MJL1ZMCO4VO913/IMG_3518.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Cadogan Hall; 2024 Curtain call; I due Foscari; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727379063955-76RVEUBAKM3QESGAKA92/IMG_3397.jpg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Bangor; 2023 With WNO Orchestra and soloists at the curtain call of Music from the Heart, Bangor, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727451118323-VD5TC7VTU6PR5YPUBYXP/IMG_3373.jpg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Bridgewater Hall; 2023 Curtain Call; Opera North; Pearl Fishers; Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469283994-R6ZGCG0GP13W48D0OONG/IMG_3375.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Pearl Fishers; 2023 Conducting forces of Opera North at Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469276350-XTH47ZX1N0NF25FG5R21/IMG_3376.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Opera North; 2023 Pearl Fishers with Opera North; Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727378392304-HX8SMR7D0I6RNFLH3QG1/IMG_3377.jpg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Les pecheurs; 2023 Conducting Pearl Fishers with Opera North at Bridgewater Hall; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469533815-YONL5BRSWN3EXBERDN4S/IMG_1144.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - CLS; 2023 Conducting Britten with CLS at QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469536463-1FQ3GDLCIHCYCGEG7J6H/IMG_1143.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Ascent of F6; 2023 Curtain call for ‘The Ascent of F6’ at QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469535143-HEBP7Y6B25ZPVP1SUTTB/IMG_1146.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Britten vs Auden; 2023 Curtain call of Britten vs Auden; CLS; QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469146153-7JA626DITKW0W614A3FL/IMG_3436.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Snow Maiden Final rehearsals for Rimsky Korsakov’s ‘The Snow Maiden’ at RNCM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1651398141814-NTIYPHSJWDRE4SMP2NWW/IMG_3205.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - CBSO at Symphony Hall, Birmingham Curtain call with CBSO and CBSO Chorus, Symphony Hall, Birmingham. April 2022. ’Opera’s Greatest Hits’ - soprano, Nadine Benjamin; mezzo-soprano, Heather Lowe; tenor, Charne Rochford; baritone, Nic Lester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469285345-8EO67IDUGAJ4B17DBUYE/IMG_3374.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - CBSO; 2022 Opera’s Greatest Hits; CBSO; 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1627399576487-HMBUQUSS2OVS4N6EWCLN/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Chineke! Matthew and the Chineke! Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, 2021. Chris Christodoulou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1661348895416-UNOE2WLZEDKTTRRNI3I2/IMG_3209.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Migrations; 2022 Curtain call of the world premiere of Migrations at WNO; 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1627399894479-7WU6OZNDFD58XL8099K9/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Traviata curtain call At Opera Holland Park, 2021. William Knight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615456886685-ET9QHWLDC3SY9MM46FDV/Picture+1.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Le petite Boheme recording; 2020 With the Orchestra and Chorus of Opera North, and the soloists of La petite bohème https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615456955983-3UK2SFXF04IDX2OC8T2B/Picture+3.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Orchestra of stories; 2020 Recording with the strings of Chineke! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615457151139-BOE328G7CHF7NTN1F9YP/Picture+5.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Chineke! Junior Orchestra; 2019 Conducting the Chineke! 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Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962505896-EEBPLBI1SBXPXIYW3NYL/IMG_3638.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Matthew leads Sinfonia Smith Square Care Homes Concert at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962507437-PKN0VWJNSRNXK6771MBX/IMG_3630.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Matthew leads Sinfonia Smith Square Care Homes Concert at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962508838-VMIICOZ7MC84E3XJZ01Y/IMG_3640.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Bristol Beacon Care home residents watch and listen to a concert at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962510334-6ZA0F2YL21M14VKV2161/IMG_3631.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - With Sinfonia Smith Square Concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962512128-UM0T7H06X5BA2Y5YHN60/IMG_3633.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Matthew leads Sinfonia Smith Square Concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1748962513730-H0KLAIJWZFWNL0KVKJ2F/IMG_3634.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Sinfonia Smith Square Concert of overtures, improvisations and narration for care home residents at Bristol Beacon. 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Jessie Myers/Soul Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727520824035-IBIJGTGS78C4MCN3J6J0/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - WNO; 2023 WNO; Music from the heart; Southampton; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1661349148729-3LCG1FE39TKXQU78JOC0/IMG_3229.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - WNO; 2022 Collaborating with Jasdeep Singh Degun and Will Todd on Migrations, WNO, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727523362348-DCRNWT5O893QZD9QR3EJ/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Blue rehearsal; 2023 In rehearsal at ENO with director Tinuke Craig; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469824210-QP4TCP5IZZ7HMKG2PN6H/IMG_3423.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - CLS; 2023 Rehearsing CLS and actors; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727523447744-02Q266SDLGEFL2LRBI2V/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Blue MKW; 2023 Matthew in rehearsals at ENO for Blue; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727520944618-1ZJTYP2Q3YMO7HVOF2AM/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Opera North; 2023 Opera North; Royal Concert Hall Nottingham; Pearl Fishers; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727520055106-B2H0KRM7JJVGDAZ7ZF06/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Tosca; 2024 Orchestral Read; Tosca; CLS; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727519872259-JQO4VJK089FZCJBOPRQH/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Tosca, CLS, 2024 Orchestral Read; Tosca; CLS; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521030114-3TXV2RQPHBFYN1DK3YMZ/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - COG; 2024 COG; I due Foscari; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615456933818-4HYXPKM407QZAVD4OAY2/Picture+2.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - CLS; 2019 Rehearsing Ballo in maschera; CLS; 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1651398317406-79D19H8AYJX86R1RP5VE/IMG_3204.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Rehearsing CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 2022 Matthew Kofi rehearsing with CBSO and baritone, Nic Lester. April 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458257752-YY4A2QD9VQIC8GM3DTIB/Rehearsal+1.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Ros Plowright; 2019 Matthew and Rodula Gaitanou during rehearsals for Un ballo in maschera, OHP 2019; Credit, Ali Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458338164-ZY4QOSP0DAFIMNZHW1M4/Rehearsal+5.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - OHP; Ballo Rehearsing un ballo in maschera with Rodula Gaitanou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458276136-PNSKDXV90HWQWXTU51GI/Rehearsal+2.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Stephen GAdd; 2018 Traviata with Stephen Gadd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615458299198-29J1HOW6BK4XLE6SWS8H/Rehearsal+3.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Paul Bunyan; 2018 With ENO choristers rehearsing Paul Bunyan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1704469287325-MZ3WPQPSWHACH4JHIJ8A/IMG_3267.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - VOBO rehearsal; 2022 Rehearsal WNO and singers for competition final; 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521900248-VRDFF5SCM97G8GUZ11O1/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - BBCCO; 2024 With Matthew Swann, BBCCO, after a concert at BBC Maida Vale Studio 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521991201-ACCFM58XFZCQ0IVA9UWY/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - FNiMN 2024 Sharing a joke with host Gareth Malone and tenor Charne Rochford at the end of a BBCCO, radio 3, Friday Night is Music Night, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522257222-QHXCTNHVR3ODIFQNWW33/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - I due Foscari; 2024 Post-concert Cadogan Hall selfie with the I due Foscari cast; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522586115-EYFV51WG0199L8LEHGMF/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Oliviers; 2024 At the Olivier Awards with director Tinuke Craig; 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727523179694-4JJRW7RCJCT7GN1EPA6T/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Blue selfie; 2023 At the end of music rehearsals with the ENO Blue cast; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727521781270-CL6L0MUQWSSIKTOPLOF8/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Nadine B and Trystan LG; 2023 With Nadine Benjamin and Trystan Llyr Griffiths; WNO summer tour; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1615459722251-D6BC1ZY2L2IPYO5XPNM1/Friends+2.png Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site Selfie with some of the WNO Migrations team, including librettist Shreya Sen Handley, composer Will Todd, and director Sir David Pountney https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522687488-SD8DRSMYKAPCE69NRLWL/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - QEH; 2023 With the team behind Britten vs Auden at the QEH; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522893428-93JPXZBFRDGFP5GADNCD/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - BBTA; 2023 With soprano Nadine Benjamin and director Tinuke Craig; Black British Theatre Awards; 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5deea38d5605ee784806de65/1727522374863-ST2JBEYTL8YCTZE1NY2U/image-asset.jpeg Media | Matthew Kofi Waldren Official Site - Tosca rehearsals; 2024 Embracing the elements in rehearsal with director Stephen Barlow, soprano Amanda Echalez and baritone Morgan Pearse in matching ponchos! 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