Born: December 18, 1970 - Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The German conductor, Nicol Matt, studied Protestant Church Music at the State Conservatory of Music in Trossingen and Choir Direction with Professor Manfred Schreier. He then continued his studies in the subject Voice at the State Conservatory for Musik and Visual Arts in Stuttgart with Professor Thomas Pfeiffer. He also studied Coaching and Song Accompaniment at the Conservatory in Strasbourg with Professor Charles Schwarz and attended master-classes for Choir Direction with Frieder Bernius and Eric Ericson.

Nicol Matt is one of Germany’s few new generation conductors enjoying international reputation. He is conductor of the Chamber Choir of Europe (which, until spring 2002, bore the name Nordic Chamber Choir). Since 2001, he has also conducted the amadeus-choir. These two choirs have given numerous concerts around the world. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.