The pianist Gary Matthewman is one of the foremost accompanists of his generation working regular with the world's leading singers including Aiylyn Perez, Adam Plachetka, John Mark Ainsley, Andrei Bondarenko and many more.

He is a Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music and works regular as a coach at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. He has taken part in many Kirker Music holidays both on land and at sea. This autumn he will be joining us at our annual music festival on Ischia. Gary appeared in the episode of Downton Abbey alongside Dame Kiri Kanawa who, as Dame Nellie Melba, descended in great style on the Granthams!