Matt Sintchak is a native of New York and an avid supporter of contemporary music, commissioning and premiering over 30 new works by such composers as Pulitzer-prize winner John Harbison, Gunther Schuller, Roscoe Mitchell, David Dramm, and Jacob ter Veldhuis. In addition to new music, Sintchak has given saxophone performances throughout North America, Europe, China, and Japan and has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the Portland Symphony (Maine), the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Eastman Wind Ensemble on two tours of Japan sponsored by Sony and Kodak.
Sintchak has studied at Boston University, the New England Conservatory of Music (Bachelor of Music in Performance), the Paris Conservatory as an auditor on a grant from the Beebe Foundation, and the Eastman School of Music (Master of Music in Performance and Doctor of Musical Arts with a Performer's Certificate Award). His primary teachers have been Ramon Ricker, Claude Delangle, and Kenneth Radnofsky. Sintchak is a Conn-Selmer Artist and a Vandoren Artist and has recorded for the Innova and Southport labels.
Besides his work as a solo and orchestral performer, Sintchak is a member of the Ancia Saxophone Quartet based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (
www.anciaquartet.com)
