Tapinto Millburn, tapinto.net/articles/short-hills-conductor-to-lead-beethoven-s-9th-at-carnegie-hall
Matthew image from entryExcerpt:
SHORT HILLS, NJ – Singapore-born American conductor, George Mathew, founder and Artistic Director of Music for Life International, has emerged as one of the leading forces in the classical music world bringing symphonic music to focus on global humanitarian issues and crises at the beginning of the 21st Century. In recent seasons, he has appeared in the US, Australia, Jordan, India, Panama, Morocco, Netherlands, and South Africa as conductor and ambassador for transformative action through music. Mr. Mathew and MFLI were honored with the 2016 Robert and JoAnn Bendetson Award for Public Diplomacy [JB emphasis] from the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University for their services to global public diplomacy through music. …
