The orchestra has been able to secure Mathieu through the charity, Making Music.

At the moment Mathieu studies at the Royal College of Music in London with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky.

In 2009 Mathieu won Making Music’s Philip & Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists, an award which has been instrumental in launching the careers of many of today's stars. The Award enables young musicians at the start of their career to gain vital concert and recital experience across the UK.

The scheme allows Making Music member groups such as the Marlborough Concert Orchestra to tap into some of the very best young musical talent to programme into their concert season.