Matthew Lloyd-Wilson

Violin Tutor

Matthew Lloyd Wilson was born in 1999 and has been thoroughly immersed in music ever since. At the age of 11, he sang live on international television to an audience of more than two billion people. A year later, he made his BBC Proms debut, and by 13 he had conducted his first public concert.

As a violinist, Matthew has performed at the Royal Albert Hall alongside artists including YUNGBLUD, Ed Sheeran, Liam Gallagher, Madness, and Don Broco, helping to raise over £2 million in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust. His performances have been attended by distinguished figures such as the late Queen Elizabeth II, His Majesty King Charles III, Pope Benedict XVI, Barack Obama, and the 14th Dalai Lama.

After leaving Winchester College as a music scholar, Matthew focused on violin and conducting, with piano, organ, and singing taking a back seat. He went on to lead both the Hampshire and Surrey Youth Orchestras before becoming a professional violinist. Along the way, he won five Young Musician of the Year awards and four concerto competitions, before choosing to study Mechanical Engineering at university.

During his university years, music education became a cornerstone of his work. As Music Director of the Guildford Youth Symphony Orchestra, he transformed the group into a self-sustaining charity, providing free orchestral education to more than 200 young musicians annually. He also served as a professor on the National String Course, ensembles coach at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, and adjudicator for the Haslemere International String Competition. He maintains a close involvement with the RGS String Scheme and recently reprised his role as narrator for How the Whale Got His Throat by Rudyard Kipling, arranged for orchestra and narrator by Jonathan Willcocks.

Since graduating, Matthew has continued to pursue every opportunity to learn, perform, and collaborate with exceptional musicians. His dedication has led to remarkable achievements, including becoming the youngest ever Principal Conductor of the University of Southampton Symphony Orchestra and winning the Grand Prize in the Hans Swarowsky International Conducting Competition.