Stephen Mattingly

Guitarist Stephen Mattingly has been warmly received by audiences in Europe, Africa, and the Americas as soloist and founding member of the Tantalus Quartet. Stephen’s solo performances have taken him from venues such as Weill Hall to major festivals across the US and abroad. An avid chamber music collaborator, he received the prestigious Theodore Presser Award for his work on the complete guitar chamber works by Franz Schubert.

Stephen enjoys a vibrant career as Associate Professor of Guitar at the Florida State University where he nurtures the guitar legacy established by Bruce Holzman. During his 17-year tenure as Professor of Guitar at the University of Louisville, Stephen was recognized as a distinguished professor for creative activity. He has adjudicated, taught, and performed at the Silesian Guitar Autumn Competition in Poland, the Guitar Foundation of America Convention, the Iserlohn Guitar Symposium in Germany, and the Acadia Guitar Festival in Canada. Additionally, Stephen is chair of the Guitar Foundation of America Board of Trustees.

His students have won top-prizes in competitions and graduate awards at revered programs. Graduates hold high school and collegiate teaching positions, and serve the GFA, the Sphinx organization, Louisville Guitar Society, and Cleveland Guitar Society.

Stephen earned a Doctorate of Music and Theory Pedagogy certificate at FSU as a teaching assistant to renowned pedagogue Bruce Holzman. He received an Artist Diploma with Dale Kavanagh at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Germany and studied with Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Prior studies with Nicholas Goluses at the Eastman School of Music led to Master’s and Bachelor Degrees, a Certificate in Arts Leadership, and a Performer’s Certificate.

Stephen Mattingly is a D’Addario artist and his recordings are available on all streaming platforms.