From Abbey Road to Carnegie Hall
Composer, arranger and music director for the world's most iconic artists
There is a particular kind of musician the greatest artists in the world turn to when the stakes are highest...
"My lion in the studio." — Sting
"My secret weapon." — Bruce Springsteen
ROB MATHES IS THAT GUY
BIO
There is a particular kind of musician the greatest artists in the world turn to when the stakes are highest — when a Super Bowl performance has to be perfect, when a Broadway score has to work on the first night, when a film needs an orchestra to make an audience feel something they cannot name. Rob Mathes is that musician. Bruce Springsteen has called him his "secret weapon." Sting calls him his "lion" in the studio. And for more than three decades, from Abbey Road to Carnegie Hall to the stages of Modena, Italy, Mathes has been the quiet force behind some of the most celebrated musical moments of our time.
An Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Critics' Choice winner, Mathes operates at the rarest intersection of classical training, pop instinct, and human depth. He is the kind of arranger who does not simply ‘arrange’ a song — he finds what the song is trying to say and gives it the fullest possible voice. That gift has made him indispensable to an extraordinary range of artists: from Sting, Bruce Springsteen, and Rod Stewart to Renée Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bryn Terfel; from Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Lenny Kravitz to Elton John, Aretha Franklin, and Tony Bennett.