Matthew Fish
Hailed by Sérgio Assad as “…an expressive guitarist with a great sense of rhythm and tone colors,” Matthew Fish is an accomplished soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. He has participated in numerous guitar competitions and earned top prizes, including First Prize at the Sierra Nevada International Guitar Competition.
Matthew has performed throughout the United States as a featured artist for the South Bay Guitar Society, Springfield Classical Guitar Society, Walnut Creek Guitar Series, Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival, Illinois Wesleyan School of Music, Hot Air Music Festival, and the Guitar Foundation of America Regional Symposium in San Francisco.
A strong proponent of new music, Matthew has premiered pieces by composers Johannes Moller, Garry Eister, Kevin Villalta, Paul Bergel, and Claire Sokol. In 2010, Matthew was a part of the Doublespeak Project, a collaboration between composers and guitarists to increase the guitar’s repertoire. During this time he worked closely with many composers to create new works that were premiered in a 3 hour-long new music concert. In this concert he was part of a guitar octet written by Kyle Hovatter, and was a featured soloist in David Gottlieb’s Aventuras, a concerto grosso written for guitar orchestra and four guitar soloists.
An accomplished ensemble player, Matthew is a member of the acclaimed San Francisco Guitar Quartet. The SFGQ's upcoming season will feature new music written for the group, as well as a performance at the highly regarded Louisville Guitar Festival.
Matthew received his Bachelor’s of Music Degree from CSU, Chico where he studied with guitarist Tobin Roye. He later went on to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music to study with Latin Grammy award-winning guitarist/composer Sérgio Assad, where he received his Master’s of Music Degree in 2012.
Matthew plays a Kenny Hill Signature Model guitar.