Born: St. Georgen in Baden, Germany

The German choral conductor, Nicol Matt, studied Protestant Church Music at the State Conservatory of Music in Trossingen and Choir Direction with Prof. Manfred Schreier. He then continued his studies in the subject Voice at the State Conservatory for Musik and Visual Arts in Stuttgart with Prof. Thomas Pfeiffer. He also studied Coaching and Song Accompaniment at the Conservatory in Strasbourg with Prof. Charles Schwarz and attended master courses for Choir Direction with Frieder Bernius and Eric Ericson.

Besides him conducting the Nordic Chamber Choir, Matt also holds lectures in Choir direction at the Internationaler Arbeitskreis für Musik e.V. (IAM) in Kassel. Various tournees have led him to the USA, to Canada, Belgium, France, Greece and the Netherlands.

Several recordings for radio and television and numerous succesful CD’s round off his artistic record.

Source: Nordic Chamber Choir Website (March 2001)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2001)

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