Matthew Lynch
YMSS Orchestra Musical Director | Workshop: Minimalism Immersive
British/German conductor, Matthew Lynch, enjoys a busy international career. The 2022/23 season saw him make debuts with, among others, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. He was recently named a London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducting Fellow for the 2024/25 season.
A keen advocate of contemporary music, Matthew is a regular collaborator of the composers Max Richter and Devonté Hynes and has performed their music with ensembles internationally. In addition to symphonic and contemporary repertoire, Matthew is a regular conductor of opera, and in recent seasons has conducted new productions of La Bohème, Rusalka, and Don Giovanni in Dresden, and Treemonisha at London’s Grimeborn Festival.
He also continues to play an active role in music education, working with several youth and training orchestras, including the London Schools’ Symphony Orchestra, the Southbank Sinfonia, the Chineke! Junior Orchestra, and the orchestras of the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Trinity Laban.