“He is one of the most inspirational human beings I have ever known.”
- Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic
“George Mathew is a shining example of my father, Leonard Bernstein's creed that art can 'do work in the world.' He has worked tirelessly through music to move and uplift people.”
- Alexander Bernstein, President, Leonard Bernstein Foundation
transformation through music
Media
The Scheherazade Initiative comes to D.C. for women and girls who face violence Examiner.com, Launch of Next MFLI Initiative
Music in Za’atari Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Stories
The Echoes of War, From One Century to the Next ‘Shostakovich for the Children of Syria,’ a Benefit Concert New York Times
On The Line with George Mathew and Kinan Azmeh Voice of America
George Mathew ’91 Her Campus Amherst
The Immortal Ninth New Times Los Angeles
“Repertorio de paz por Siria” La Prensa
“Música para curar” La Prensa
Videos “George Mathews y sus conciertos humanitarios” PAverte.com
George Mathew
Photo © Chris Lee
Calendar
The Scheherazade Initiative: Celebrating the Resilience of Women and Girls in the Face of Violence, Featuring Music of Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov at Carnegie Hall, October 19, 2014
Music for the Children of Syria at Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan, August 20-27, 2014
Shostakovich for the Children of Syria, Dmitri Shostakovich
Seventh Symphony “Leningrad” at Carnegie Hall January 13, 2014
Launch of the Scheherazade Initiative at the Netherlands Ambassador’s Residence, Chamber Music, Washington DC, December 10, 2013
Guest Conductor, ASM Festival, Opening Concert, Teatro Nacional de Panamá, Panama City, May 30, 2013
Panelist at 2013 Amherst College Copeland Colloquium “Art, Community & Social Justice” March 1, 2013
Featured Speaker at
TEDx KCG, Chennai, India “Music as an Engine for Social Transformation” March 3, 2012
New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time featuring the Ubuntu-Shruti Orchestra and the Dessoff Symphonic Choir, Chris Shepard, Music Director
December 31, 2011
2011 S.T. Lee Lecturer on Social Justice and Public Policy at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
October 3-5, 2011
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
May 4, 5 & 8, 2011
Elgar Introduction and Allegro, op. 47
Prokofiev Classical Symphony, Op. 25
Beethoven Violin Concerto, Op. 61 in D major
“The great works of music come to us from exceptional human beings who saw and understood the human condition as deeply as any one ever could. This vision is what undergirds and lies within the great works of music and indeed, in all great art. We re-creative artists, musicians in particular, are sitting on an eternal goldmine – a never-ending store of wisdom and ideas to create afresh the world for which we all yearn – a world of peace, joy, discovery, community, health, environmental balance, sustainability and most of all, of love.”
- George Mathew
Trailer for the film Following The Ninth: In The Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony
Shostakovich for the Children of Syria
BBC Radio with Matt Wells