Matthew McDonald double bass master class at the Liszt Academy

Dates and venues:

Monday 11 October 2021, 14.00–17.00, Room XXXI

APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION:

Active participants:

• Active participants are assigned by the Strings Department.

Passive participants:

• Only Liszt Academy double bass students can attend the master class. Registration is not required for passive participation. 

Matthew McDonald began his studies in 1996 with Max McBride at the Canberra School of Music, later continuing with Kees Boersma in Sydney, where he completed his bachelor’s degree in 2000. From 2000 to 2001 he was a scholar of the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Orchestra Academy, and then was immediately engaged as deputy principal double bass of the Danish National Orchestra. He relinquished that position in order to prepare for his concert exam with Esko Laine at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin. Engagements followed as principal double bass with the Ensemble Modern (2003–2006) and with Berlin’s Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester before he came to the Berliner Philharmoniker. As a chamber player, Matthew McDonald is a regular visitor to the Open Chamber Music seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall. He devotes his free time to his family, first and foremost, and also enjoys reading and going to the cinema.