Ingrid Matthews is well established as one of today’s most respected baroque violinists. She is a Visiting Associate Professor of Baroque Violin at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and and served as Music Director of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra from 1994-2013. Since winning first prize in the Erwin Bodky International Competition for Early Music in 1989, she has appeared as a soloist, guest director, chamber musician, and concertmaster with leading early music ensembles including the New York Collegium, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Ars Lyrica (Houston), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), Musica Pacifica (San Francisco), and countless others.

Ingrid Matthews has won high critical acclaim for her extensive discography; her recording of the Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin of J.S. Bach has been named “top recommendation for this music... on either period or modern instruments” by American Record Guide, and her recording of Biagio Marini is included in the Norton Anthology of Music used by conservatories and universities worldwide. She has served on the faculties of Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), the University of Southern California/LA, the University of Toronto, Amherst Early Music Workshop, and the International Baroque Institute at Longy, and has held residencies at Oberlin College and the New England Conservatory. Matthews is a graduate of Indiana University where she studied with Josef Gingold and Stanley Ritchie. She is also active as a visual artist.