Matthew Withers is a Masters graduate of the Australian National University (ANU) School of Music where he studied Classical Guitar Performance under the renowned pedagogue, Timothy Kain. As well as launching his performing career with the award winning Brew Guitar Duo and Australia’s premiere guitar quartet, Guitar Trek, Matt has had considerable success as a soloist. After learning classical guitar for only 4 years with successful teacher András Tüské, he won the title Best Young South Australian Guitarist in the Australian National Open Guitar Competition. In 2006, he placed first in the Open Solo event of the McDonalds Performing Arts Challenge and was a semi-finalist of the 2010 Adelaide International Guitar Festival. Matt has given performances throughout Australia and internationally. In 2010 he travelled to Shanghai to perform at the World Expo. Here he was featured in the Australian Pavilion as part of their VIP Rising Star program. As part of both Guitar Trek and Brew Guitar Duo, Matt has given live, nationwide broadcast concerts for ABC Classic FM Radio as well as many concerts throughout Australia. Matt is an artist of diverse talents. He has become proficient as a recording technician whilst working as the assistant to Niven Stines (Technical Manager) at the ANU. In this role, Matt has recorded many quality guitarists including Timothy Kain, Harold Gretton and Minh Le Hoang as well as two discs for the Brew Guitar Duo and of course, this debut solo disc.