Appearing in the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Denmark, and Holland, Matthew Cataldi (aka “Mr. Matt”) has performed the full range of standard repertoire including solo, chamber, and orchestral works.   He has appeared as a soloist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), Upper Arlington Symphony (Ohio) and the Chamber Music Connection (Ohio).

Chamber music has been a primary focus in his musical training and career, beginning with chamber music competition awards from the National String Teachers Association, an invitation to the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and study at Meadowmount School for Strings.  His coaches have included Mathias Tacke, DaXun Zhang, David Campbell, and Ik-Hwan Bae.  Since beginning his career in the Chicago area, he has performed in chamber music concerts with the Mendelssohn Chamber Arts Series, International Chamber Artists, Advent Chamber Players, and the Rockford Bach Ensemble.  As a member of the Raven String Quartet, he organizes and performs in lecture-demonstrations on quartet repertoire for local colleges.

Currently, he is a regular member of several regional orchestras most of which he has performed with as a principal performer and/or concertmaster.  His core groups include: Rockford Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, and Green Bay Symphony Orchestra and he frequently performs with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, Illinois Philharmonic, Elmhurst Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, and New Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras.  He has enjoyed working with festival ensembles such as the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, Green Lake Festival Orchestra and the Blue Lake Festival (Faculty) Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble.

Mr. Matt acquired his interested of period and baroque performance while studying with Stanley Ritchie at Indiana.  Currently, he is a core member of the Baroque Band, Chicago’s premier early music ensemble, and Orchestra in Residence with WFMT.  Similarly, he has participated in the U.S.  premiere of La Buona Figola (The Good Servant Girl), a comic opera by Niccolo Piccini.  In contrast, he is interested in contemporary music, and is affiliated with Accessible Contemporary Music, an organization dedicated to performing the work of new and emerging composers.

Mr. Matt received a Master’s degree in Violin Performance from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Indiana University.  His is the recipient of numerous grants, fellowships, and scholarships at the local, state and national levels.  Some of his principal teachers have included Gerardo Ribeiro, Ilya Kaler and Davis Brooks.

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