Matthew Best (conductor), Date of Birth

Matthew Best (conductor)

British singer

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1957

Profession: conductor, singer, performing artist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Matthew Best (born 6 February 1957) is an English bass singer and conductor, especially of vocal music.
He founded the ensemble Corydon Singers in 1973 and won the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1981.
From 1985, he was also a guest conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra.
His recordings with Corydon Singers were made on the Hyperion Records label and focus on choral music by the likes of Anton Bruckner, Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn.
He is currently engaged as Music Director of the Academy Choir Wimbledon and as a Principal Study singing teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.