Events

Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher. Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world […]

Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher. Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world […]

Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher. Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world […]

Day of Improvisation and Composition at Charters School

Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet – Joost Buis The Swimmer, Carola Bauckholt Zugvögel (Migratory birds), Giovanni Sollima Lamentatio, Graham Fitkin Tracking Yesterday’s England "Presenting a striking and innovative programme in […]

From 'Zero' to 'Inifinity' Music, Maths and Architecture From the Baroque of J S Bach ‘The Submerged Cathedral’ of Claude Debussy To Le Corbusier’s city of Chandigarh. Matthew Barley (cello), […]

Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet  - Antonín Dvořák Serenade for winds, Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue, William Walton Cello Concerto, Henry Purcell In nomine, Bach/improvisation on Cello Suites For […]

Matthew Barley gives the world premiere of Misha Mullov-Abbado’s Cello Concerto. Also appearing alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey are Southbank Centre resident groups Nu Civilisation […]

Walton concerto with Bristol Concert orchestra

Improvisation project with Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Stradivarius in Rio Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), João Luís Nogueira Pinto (guitar)

Stradivarius in Rio Viktoria Mullova (violin), Matthew Barley (cello), Paul Clarvis (percussion), João Luís Nogueira Pinto (guitar)

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Concert at Hawkwood College with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe following a week of residency. Programme featuring baroque duets, original compositions, South African folk and improvisations.

Concert at Hawkwood College with Soumik Datta, Sukwinda Singh and other musicians following a week of residency. Programme of all original music created in the residency.

Guest appearance at the Singing With Nightingales special festival night with Sam Lee.

Residency in Snape Maltings/Britten Pears to develop composition and newly recorded work especially with electronics.

Solo performance at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, showcasing new work.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Shai Wosner, piano, at Bad Kissingen festival, Germany.

Beethoven sonatas at Cheltenham Festival, UK with Ivana Gavric, piano and improvisations with Tim West, piano.

Dartington International Summer School Concerts include complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Ivana Gavric and Tim West, pianos, and trio concerts with Tom Gould and Tom Poster.

China tour of Stradivarius in Rio with Viktoria Mullova

Stradivarius Trust celebration concert at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

Beethoven sonatas with Denes Varjon, piano, at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Denes Varjon, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Ivana Gavric, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

Azul, for cello and orchestra by Osvaldo Golijov, with Jean-Claud Picard, conductor and Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivieres.

New music with Sukwinda Singh, tabla, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

Dartington International Summer School More information here.

There and Back Again - Matthew conducts Beethoven, plays Brazilian arrangements, and leads a creative music project with this adventurous Finnish orchestra.

St John The Evangelist Church. Transcendence - Matthew curates and plays in a concert with Adrian Freedman - Shakuhachi, Nicki Wells - voice, Sukhwinder Singh - tabla, Maia Ayling - aerialist

Ayriel Studio Producing Schubert for Viktoria Mullova and Alastair Beatson. September 19 Salisbury Medieval Hall. Concert with Howard Moody and La Folia

Salisbury Medieval Hall. Concert with Howard Moody and La Folia

Friday Night Live, Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester 7.30pm Solo recital

Residency at Hawkwood College to create new music with Sanju Sahai - tabla, Nicki Wells - voice and Camilo Tirado - electronics.

Stoutzka Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Lunchtime Beethoven recital with Ivana Gavric.

Saffron Hall, Suffolk - 4pm recital of Beethoven and improvisations with Ivana Gavric and Tim West.

Wimbledon Festival recital with Viktoria Mullova.

Composing/Recording project in the home studio.

Webinar for Hugo Ticciati and students of O/Modernt in Stockholm, Sweden

Residency as their first Creative Fellow

Teaching improvisation and creative music with Viktoria Mullova at the Stauffer Academia in Cremona, Italy

Dartington Great Hall, recital with Nicki Wells, voice, and Sanju Sahai, tabla and Adrian Freedman, shakuhachi

York University, improvisation class, improvisation performance with Dr David Dolan, and recital of music for cello and electronics.

Denmark Performances Ensemble MidtVest and the Holstebro Dansekompani

Hawkwood College Residency with Nicki Wells - voice, and Sanju Sahai - tabla

Teaching and performing with Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand, Azul by Osvaldo Golijov for cello and orchestra.

Workshops for Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, NZ

Adjucating Finals of CMNZ National Chamber Music competition.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Hawkwood College Residency With Viktoria Mullova and friends working on Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht

51% Brazil - arrangements of Brazilian jazz and others for cello and string orchestra with Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra.

Evolving Spring - cello concerto by Misha Mullov-Abbado with Kuopio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mike Seal.

Recital with Reinis Zarins, piano, with Beethoven sonatas and music for cello and electronics from Electric.

Guest slot with Trees of Music string orchestra to raise awareness of the pernambuco tree used in bow making.

Solo recital at Stroud Sacred Music Festival. Including Bach, Matthew’s new compositions, improvisations and others.

Producing Beethoven violin sonata disc with Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Reinis Zarins.

Teaching improvisation and cello masterclass.

Late night Brahms with Ivana Gavric.

Music from Electric for solo cello and electronics, plus Bach, improvisations and compositions by Matthew.

BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks live from Dartington Great Hall presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch with performances from Matthew Barley and Adrian Freedman (shakuhachi).

Verklarte Nacht/Transfigured Night Reimagined with the Mullova Ensemble: Viktoria Mullova, Lisa Rieder, Nils Monkemeyer, Kinga Wojdalska and Peteris Sokolovskis, Ching-Ying Chien (dance), Yeast Culture (projections), Sander Loonen (lighting design), Jasmine […]

Verklarte Nacht/Transfigured Night Reimagined with the Mullova Ensemble: Viktoria Mullova, Lisa Rieder, Nils Monkemeyer, Kinga Wojdalska and Peteris Sokolovskis, Ching-Ying Chien (dance), Yeast Culture (projections), Sander Loonen (lighting design), Jasmine […]

Verklarte Nacht/Transfigured Night Reimagined with the Mullova Ensemble: Viktoria Mullova, Lisa Rieder, Nils Monkemeyer, Kinga Wojdalska and Peteris Sokolovskis, Ching-Ying Chien (dance), Yeast Culture (projections), Sander Loonen (lighting design), Jasmine […]

Verklarte Nacht/Transfigured Night Reimagined with the Mullova Ensemble: Viktoria Mullova, Lisa Rieder, Nils Monkemeyer, Kinga Wojdalska and Peteris Sokolovskis, Ching-Ying Chien (dance), Yeast Culture (projections), Sander Loonen (lighting design), Jasmine […]

Verklarte Nacht/Transfigured Night Reimagined with the Mullova Ensemble: Viktoria Mullova, Lisa Rieder, Nils Monkemeyer, Kinga Wojdalska and Peteris Sokolovskis, Ching-Ying Chien (dance), Yeast Culture (projections), Sander Loonen (lighting design), Jasmine […]

Teaching at the Zurich Musikschule Konservatorium

Mixed programme with string orchestra and percussion. Orchestra of the Swan. Bach, Glass, Handel, Brazilian jazz, Barber, John McLaughlin

Lectures and performances for the European Graduate School Research Institute for Philosophy and Music

AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerpen) - The Protecting Veil by John Tavener play/directing with the Young Belgian Strings

Programme: Tavener: Tears of the Angels | Fragment for the Virgin | The Protecting Veil Venue: AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerpen), Kammenstraat 81, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium Other performers: Sylvia Huang, […]

The Protecting Veil by John Tavener with Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles

Medicine Festival performance with Danit and Friends

Producing Beethoven album for Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson

Worldwide release of Light Stories on Signum Classics

Premier performance of Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo) at Southbank Centre, London, 17.30 and 21.30

Cello masterclass at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Dora Stouzker Hall at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama 19.30, Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

St George’s Hall 19.30 Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Matthew Barley Foundation workshops with Emma Bonnici Creative music, song, theatre and movement for improving and maintaining good mental health.

Kazalisna Dvorana 19.30 Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Recording of cello and piano repertoire for Roxana Panufnik and Signum Classics

Teaching the Kampus Ensemble at Heidelberg Fruhling Festival

CHAPEL 21.00 Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Stauffer Academia teaching with Viktoria Mullova

For solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on screen dance from Mavin Khoo) Wavendon, Windermere, Nottingham, Leeds, York, Glasgow and others. Details announced in Jan 25.

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Matthew Barley Foundation workshops with Emma Bonnici Creative music, song, theatre and movement for improving and maintaining good mental health.

Light Stories for solo cello, electronics and video design by Yeast Culture (with on-screen dance from Mavin Khoo)

Tabakova concerto for cello and strings with Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra

USA Day: Conducting Terry Riley’s In C with Kampus Ensemble

Teaching Bach and Improvisation course with Viktoria Mullova

Improvisation course

Play/directing the Residentie Orkestr with Sir John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil with works by Arvo Pärt, Piazzolla and Milton Nascimento

Sounding Together, exploring music, movement and mental health with students from University College London

Kindred spirits Matthew Barley and Mishka Rushdie Momen share a refreshing attitude to thinking about and performing music, always ready to reject tired conventions yet alive to the essential spirit that unites the best of past and present.

Residency and concert at Hawkwood College Matthew Barley & 51 Strings, a new group with Melisa Yıldırım, Hanna Ryynänen and Dawda Jobarteh

Matthew Barley & 51 Strings