Matthew Wood - In the Press
brooding intensity mustered for visiting conductor Matthew Wood ... Gorgeous sounds were a feature of Wood's conducting throughout the evening ... the orchestra sounded first rate.
Michael Dervan, Irish Times, Dublin, 2011
Here Wood has given THE performance of his burgeoning career, exposing all the desolation and private anguish... Wood had this marked out ramping up the superbly homogenous string sections to breaking point and near silence.
Mike Marsh, Bournemouth Daily Echo, 2010
Wood and the NSO tapped into Copland's American landscapes and spirit for a performance that well justified the work's immense popularity.
Irish Times, Dublin, 2010
This, his debut with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, was a notable success on both technical and interpretive levels ... artfully negotiated ... the work was beautifully proportioned and the charge to the finish captured a rare sense of the impetuosity under fine control.
Irish Times, Dublin, 2009
Wood approached the third movement with compelling power, his enthusiasm matched by the musicians, resulting in a burst of spontaneous ovation... After this impressive display Wood negotiated his musicians in a seamless progression from desolation and anger to a beautiful and dramatic finale. This was an interpretation of the highest order of Tchaikovky’s Symphony No 6.
El Mercurio, Santiago, 2009
A riveting performance ... Wood clearly signalled an evening of tuneful Tchaikovsky from a brilliant BSO
Bournemouth Daily Echo, 2008
a great deal of flair ... drawing unexpected colours out of the great welter of sound.
Sydney Morning Herald
Matthew Wood...received support from enlightened individuals to explore the link between music and words with intelligence, subtlety and sophistication
Sydney Morning Herald