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Matthew Silberman
Member Since: 2007 | Location: New York City | Page Views: 1,222About Me
Matthew Silberman is a saxophonist and composer living in Brooklyn, NY.
Matthew Silberman has been around music his entire life, attending his mother's opera performances while in utero. He began his formal musical training with the piano and later the clarinet, eventually falling in love with the saxophone at age 13. Silberman grew up in Los Angeles, CA., and attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, as well as playing in the L.A. Multi- School Jazz Band. He then attended the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Program in New York City, and currently resides in Brooklyn. Matthew has performed with Billy Higgins, Nancy Wilson, Roy Hargrove, Robert Hurst, Gregory Tardy, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Patrice Rushen, Bobby Sanabria, and contemporaries such as Logan Richardson, Tommy Crane, Greg Ruggiero, Frank LoCrasto, Chris Tordini, Jonathan Finlayson, Tyshawn Sorey, Mike Pinto, Becca Stevens, Nir Felder, and Alan Hampton among many others. Silberman has also recorded with Krystle Warren, Elizabeth & the Catapult, and Fisticuffs Productions, whom he also composed with for Miguel, among many others. Matthew leads his own bands, and is a member of Merry Poppins, The Prigs, and Brian Bonz & the Major Crimes.
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This page was last updated on 2010-11-01.
