Jun 20, 2017
Karl Hyde and Matthew Herbert have announced the release of a new album called Fatherland (Original Music from the Stage Show). The album is made up of music based on extracts from the script for Fatherland, a play written in collaboration by Karl Hyde, playwright Simon Stephens and Frantic Assembly’s Scott Graham which will premiere at Manchester...
Jun 20, 2017
Matthew has written the music for a new play The Unknown by EV Crowe. It is being performed at The Royal Court theatre’s new experimental design space The Site.
Jun 20, 2017
For 2017′s Manchester International Festival Matthew has joined 5 other composers in each creating a new piece of work using the sounds of the city… Music for a Busy City takes six leading composers out of the concert hall and into Manchester, making music for the spaces through which we pass every day. This pioneering project...
Mar 10, 2017
Following two acclaimed big band albums, Matthew Herbert announces a third in response to Brexit. This time though, it’s being put together differently. It is a two year collaborative project right across Europe celebrating artistic and musical collaboration and communities across national borders. The project will begin in England at the point at which the...
Feb 27, 2017
Matthew has created a one off experimental response to Benjamin Brittens Opera ‘Death In Venice’ for the Deutsche Oper Berlin: DEATH IN VENICE is Benjamin Britten’s compositional legacy. In this adaptation of Thomas Mann’s eponymous novella, the English composer has penned a work comprising an old, wise view of 400 years of operatic history, the...
Feb 8, 2017
Matthew has created the music for a new film by Sebastián Lelio called Una Mujer Fantastica (A Fantastic Woman). The world premiere is taking place on at the 67th Berlinale Sunday, February 12, 2017 in the Berlinale Palast. Other performances at the Berlinale are: 13:02:17 12:30 Zoo Palast 1 13:02:17 15:00 Friedrichstadtpalast 13:02:17 21:30 Odeon Cinema – Berlinale Goes Kiez 13:02:17...
Nov 18, 2016
Fatherland – a bold new theatre show created by Scott Graham from Frantic Assembly, Underworld’s Karl Hyde and playwright Simon Stephens, focusing on contemporary fatherhood in all its complexities and contradictions. Inspired by conversations with fathers and sons from the trio’s home towns in the heart of the country, Fatherland is a survey of life in England’s towns today....
Nov 9, 2016
A tour of Italy and a date in London are coming up for the trio of Matthew Herbert, Enrico Rava and Giovanni Guidi: 11 Nov – Matthew Herbert, Enrico Rave & Giovanni Guidi – Reggio Emilia, Italy 12 Nov - Matthew Herbert, Enrico Rave & Giovanni Guidi – Morrovalle, Italy 13 Nov - Matthew Herbert, Enrico Rave...
Sep 30, 2016
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3 Matthew’s piece Requiem deconstructs Beethoven along with the instruments of a traditional string quartet. Matthew says: ‘for some time, i’ve been trying to make sense of why we’re not clearer about the recent revolution in music. we used to need musical instruments but now we can make music out of...
Sep 29, 2016
As part of an exhibition at the PalazzoReale in Milan Matthew has produced a talking chair that when you sit on it, it tells you how it was made by the voices of the people that made it as well as playing sounds from the factory where it was made. Click HERE for more information...
Sep 29, 2016
Matthew has co produced and mixed the debut album from S a r a s a r a. The record entitled Amorfati will be released by One Little Indian. You can read more and listen to some of the album via The Guardian HERE
Jul 26, 2016
Ivor Novello nominated DJ and musician Matthew Herbert brings Matthew Herbert presents A NUDE to the Roundhouse as part of a series of immersive gigs in and around Ron Arad’s 360° installation, Curtain Call. The piece will see Matthew collaborate with a renowned choreographer and will feature a group of dancers. This brand new piece is based around Herbert’s new album...
