Thomas Mathias, violin
Programme 1
F. KREISLER
Praeludium and Allegro
F. SCHUBERT
Sonata in A Major, D574
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Suite for violin and piano, op. 3
TESSA LARK
Ysaye Shuffle (2023)
Interval
R. STRAUSS
Sonata in E flat major, op. 18
H. W. ERNST
Carnival of Venice, op. 18
Programme 2
J. S. BACH
Partita in E Major, BWV 1006. 1
YSAŸE
Sonata no. 4
TESSA LARK
Ysaye Shuffle (2023)
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Khazn’s Recitative: Elu D’vorim (2003)
JOSEPH PARRY
Myfanwy (2019), arr. Thomas Mathias
GUY BRAUNSTEIN/THE BEATLES
Blackbird (2021)
Programmes are samples only - amendments can be discussed directly with the Artist.
Biography
Welsh violinist Thomas Mathias has been broadcast live as a soloist on S4C Television and BBC Radio Cymru, and has given recitals across Europe and North America. Thomas was recently selected as an Associate Artist of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Countess of Munster Trust. He won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship and is a Hattori Foundation prize winner.
Thomas has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the UK and USA, and in 2025 will give the world premiere of Kian Ravaei’s violin concerto. Last year, Thomas gave the UK premiere of Tessa Lark’s Ysaye Shuffle.
Recent performance highlights include solo and chamber appearances in Hawai’i, Texas, Nevada, Indiana, Florida, and the UK. In 2022-23, Thomas was a member of the Kuttner Quartet-in-Residence at Indiana University.
Thomas is now an Artist Diploma candidate at Indiana University, studying with Mauricio Fuks.
