Matthew Halls

Matthew Halls has been Chief Conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic since August 2023. In addition to concerts in Finland, Matthew Halls returns in the 2026/27 season to Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Wiener Symphoniker, Iceland Symphony, Bergen Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, SWR Symphonieorchester, and Stavanger Symphony. He also conducts three projects with Belgian National Orchestra as their Artistic Partner, including their season opening and closing concerts. Highlights of the last three seasons have included returns to Finnish Radio Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic, Tapiola Sinfonetta and Tonkünstler-Orchester at Vienna’s Musikverein, alongside debuts with Rotterdam Philharmonic and Lahti Symphony. Matthew Halls also works extensively in North America, conducting the Cleveland Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Toronto Symphony on numerous occasions. Matthew Halls has a background in period performance and was one of the first to guest-conduct Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Concentus Musicus Wien. He is in particular in demand for his interpretations of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, while his broad repertoire also includes Bach and Handel’s choral works, Sibelius’ symphonies, and twentieth-century British music.