With alumni Tahu Matheson wielding the baton and Sian Pendry in fine voice, the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University played a major part in a stunning open-air season of Verdi’s Aida on the Gold Coast in September.
Presented by Opera Australia, Griffith Opera on the Beach was held over six nights at Coolangatta Beach. Conservatorium students made up 80 per cent of the orchestra, not only providing a lush musical backdrop for the spectacular production, but giving them an invaluable opportunity to work alongside some of Australia’s best classical musicians.
Tahu Matheson studied a Bachelor of Music (Instrumental) at the Conservatorium, graduating in 1999. He completed a Master of Music in 2002. However, his musical education really began at the age of five, learning piano with his father, the renowned international conductor John Matheson.
Matheson has been a member of the music staff at Opera Australia since 2007, and has been a frequent accompanist for
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