Louis and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, with whom he performed the US premiere of MacMillan’s Symphony No. Increasingly in demand by North American orchestras, he has appeared with the Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, St. Other recent highlights have included performances with Berlin Konzerthausorchester, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Residentie Orkest, Stavanger Symphony, Vienna Symphony and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, and he was honoured to be invited to conduct Concentus Musicus Wien. He regularly works with the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, with whom he made his Salzburg Festival debut as well as taking them on tours to North and South America, and this season he conducts the annual performance of Mozart’s Requiem commemorating the composer’s death with the Camerata Salzburg. Halls is welcomed to orchestras across Europe he recently made his debut with the Finnish Radio Symphony to whom he returns this season and also with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, with whom he conducted the world premiere of Stuart Macrae’s Prometheus Symphony. With his probing and vibrant interpretations of music of all periods, he is known for his dynamic and intelligent work with major symphony orchestras, choirs and opera companies. The word “versatile” is often applied to musicians in the case of the British conductor Matthew Halls, it is particularly well deserved.