In 2002, Matthew Ross was appointed Concertmaster of the Vector Wellington Orchestra. Matthew Ross studied violin at Canterbury University (New Zealand), the Rotterdam Conservatorium (Netherlands) and the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (Sweden), with teachers including Jan Tawroszewicz, Jean Jaques Kantorow and Karl-Ove Mannberg. As concertmaster with the Vector Wellington Orchestra, Matthew Ross has performed many of the major violin solos including Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Coppelia, Dracula, Madame Butterfly, Capriccio Espagnol, Capriccio Italien, Danse Macabre, Scheherezade as well as concerto works including Saint Saens Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso. In 2005 he was soloist in Vivaldi's Four Seasons and toured this work again in 2007. Matthew Ross played with the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra from 1993 to 1995, and has performed in many of the major concert halls in Europe including in Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Liege, Vienna, Zurich, Oslo and Stockholm. Matthew Ross joined the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra as a first violinist, aged 24, where he played for 9 years. Matthew Ross has conducted the Vector Wellington Orchestra including for the North American DVD entitled Live from New Zealand for Hayley Westenra and a season of the Disney musical Beauty and the Beast. In 2006 Matthew Ross participated in conducting masterclasses in Vienna, Stockholm and Moscow.
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