New album out now: Odd Sympathies
First Hand Records FHR181 | Released 17/10/2025
For over two decades, Matthew Schellhorn has championed the creativity of living composers through commissions and premières, bringing new music to a wider audience. This album draws together a selection of eclectic and captivating piano works united through shared interpretative insights and deep artistic connections.
Schellhorn gives us the full range of pianistic technique and artistry, vivid colours and sensitive touch. This fine recording offers an excellent example of the very best of contemporary writing for the piano, performed by a pianist totally in sympathy with the myriad styles of the composers he performs.
Interlude
New album coming soon
CRD Records CRD3574 | Released 04/12/2026
The Violin Dances – The Nutcracker
Matthew Schellhorn continues his collaboration with acclaimed violinist Maya Magub, exploring the timeless magic of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker through the vivid, virtuoso colours of violin and piano. Both familiar and wonderfully new, this album captures the brilliant storytelling, instrumental dialogue and pure Christmassy magic of a beloved holiday masterpiece.