Cellist Matthew Smith, is equally active as a performer and educator. In the U.S., he has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D. C. and was a musician-in-residence at the Boston Center for the Arts as a member of the musician-led chamber orchestra, Palaver Strings. In China he has given performances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing as well as a full recital and masterclass with his duo partner, Peipei Song at Tianjin Conservatory.

As an educator, he has served as a Teaching Assistant at The Boston Conservatory, and most recently as a Music Educator and Teaching Artist Fellow through the Massachusetts Cultural Council. He is currently a Co-Artistic Director and Managing Director of Education with Palaver Strings.

Matthew has had the pleasure of working with Colin Carr, Gautier Capuçon, and Bernard Greenhouse and has studied chamber music with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and Brentano String Quartet. He received a Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied with Andrew Mark, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, where he studied with Thomas Landschoot and graduated summa cum laude.