Dmitri Matheny

breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione” —San Jose

Mercury News], has been voted “Best New Artist” in the JazzIz

Readers Poll and “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” in the

Down Beat International Critics Poll.

Matheny is an honors graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy

and the Berklee College of Music, Boston. Following private

studies with Carmine Caruso in New York City, Matheny was

the protégé of the legendary Art Farmer with whom he studied for

ten years. Matheny has toured extensively as a soloist and

bandleader throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He has

traveled to 19 countries and has performed with a “who’s who” of

jazz luminaries.

Matheny’s discography includes over 50 compact discs on which

he appears as a composer, arranger, producer and flugelhorn

soloist. He has released nine critically-acclaimed albums as a

leader: Red Reflections [1995], Penumbra [1996], Starlight Cafe

[1998], Santa's Got a Brand New Bag [2000], Nocturne (2005),

The SnowCat [2006], Spiritu Sancto [2007], Best of Dmitri

Matheny [2008] and Grant & Matheny (2010).