Tahu Matheson has worked for Opera Australia since 2007 and became the company’s Head of Music in 2017. The accomplished pianist has conducted many of Opera Australia’s productions including Tosca, L’Elisir d’Amore, The Magic Flute, Turandot, La Bohème, La Traviata, Carmen and Carmen on Cockatoo Island, Lohengrin (for which he was nominated for a Green Room Award), Whiteley and The Pearl Fishers, as well as tours of Don Giovanni and The Seven Deadly Sins for Victorian Opera.
Matheson has performed as a soloist in the major concert venues throughout Australia and New Zealand, toured for Musica Viva and Chamber Music New Zealand, and been broadcast on New Zealand and Australian radio and television, including a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for 4MBS Radio in Brisbane. He has also performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
