Matthew Berliner is an active freelance horn player in the greater Seattle area where he frequently performs with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. From 2019 - 2023 he held both Acting 2nd and 4th horn positions with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. He was also the adjunct horn instructor at Reed College. He was the Acting Principal horn of the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in Honolulu from 2015 to 2017 and the Acting Associate Principal/3rd horn in 2014 - 2015.
He has played as guest Principal horn with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Tacoma, Maui Pops, the Juneau Symphony and as guest Associate Principal with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
He is a frequent guest with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and has also played with the Macau Orchestra, Seattle's commercial recording studios, Spokane Symphony, New World Symphony, and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, Australia. At Seattle's Paramount and 5th Avenue Theatres he has played a variety of Broadway musicals including The Sound of Music, Disney's The Little Mermaid and national tour stops of Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Funny Girl. He has also played with various touring artists including Beck, Johnny Mathis, Sarah Brightman, Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling, Mannheim Steamroller, and Andrea Bocelli.
Summer engagements have included playing with the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, serving on the faculty at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Alaska, and playing with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. He also attended several summer music academies including the Zermatt Festival Academy where he worked with members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Academy, Spoleto Festival USA, Banff Music Centre, Moritzburg Festival Academy in Germany, National Repertory Orchestra, Music Academy of the West, The International Festival at Round Top, and the Kendall Betts Horn Camp.
Matthew holds a M.M. from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where he studied with William VerMeulen. He earned a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory where he studied with Roland Pandolfi and a B.A. from Oberlin College in Environmental Studies with a focus in Geology. In addition, he studied with David W. Johnson at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland and was a Rebanks Family Fellow at The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto.
In his free time he enjoys kitesurfing, cycling, and cooking.
He has played as guest Principal horn with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysia Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Tacoma, Maui Pops, the Juneau Symphony and as guest Associate Principal with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
He is a frequent guest with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, and has also played with the Macau Orchestra, Seattle's commercial recording studios, Spokane Symphony, New World Symphony, and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney, Australia. At Seattle's Paramount and 5th Avenue Theatres he has played a variety of Broadway musicals including The Sound of Music, Disney's The Little Mermaid and national tour stops of Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and Funny Girl. He has also played with various touring artists including Beck, Johnny Mathis, Sarah Brightman, Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling, Mannheim Steamroller, and Andrea Bocelli.
Summer engagements have included playing with the Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, serving on the faculty at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp in Alaska, and playing with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. He also attended several summer music academies including the Zermatt Festival Academy where he worked with members of the Berlin Philharmonic, Lucerne Festival Academy, Spoleto Festival USA, Banff Music Centre, Moritzburg Festival Academy in Germany, National Repertory Orchestra, Music Academy of the West, The International Festival at Round Top, and the Kendall Betts Horn Camp.
Matthew holds a M.M. from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music where he studied with William VerMeulen. He earned a B.M. from Oberlin Conservatory where he studied with Roland Pandolfi and a B.A. from Oberlin College in Environmental Studies with a focus in Geology. In addition, he studied with David W. Johnson at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland and was a Rebanks Family Fellow at The Royal Conservatory's Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto.
In his free time he enjoys kitesurfing, cycling, and cooking.
