Thomas Mathias, violin

Welsh violinist Thomas Mathias has been broadcast live as a soloist on S4C Television and BBC Radio Cymru, and has given recitals across Europe and North America. Thomas is an Associate Artist of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Countess of Munster Trust. He won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Julius Isserlis Scholarship and is a Hattori Foundation prize winner.

Thomas has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the UK and USA. Season highlights include The Lark Ascending with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and the world premiere of Kian Ravaei’s violin concerto with Sinfonia Cymru. In 2023, Thomas gave the UK premiere of Tessa Lark’s Ysaye Shuffle.  

As a chamber musician, Thomas has shared the stage with Steven Isserlis, Lawrence Power, Atar Arad, and Kyung Sun Lee. He is regularly invited to appear at IMS Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music.

Thomas joined the acclaimed Mithras Trio in 2026, kindly supported by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust, and has served as Concertmaster of Ballet Indiana Orchestra since 2022. 

Thomas completed an Artist Diploma at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Mauricio Fuks and Alex Kerr. Previous teachers include So-Ock Kim, Alexander Stikovetsky, and Leland Chen at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal Northern College of Music. For four years, Thomas served as teaching assistant to Professor Mauricio Fuks at Indiana University. 

An avid researcher into violin practice, Thomas has been invited to give presentations at conferences across the world, including in Japan, Poland, and the USA. He was awarded a Presser Foundation award for his work, and was published in the Journal of Research in Music Education and Sage Journals in 2025. 

Thomas is Artistic Director of the Tenby International Music Festival in Wales, United Kingdom. 

Thomas plays a Carlo Tononi violin kindly loaned to him through the J&A Beare Cultural Trust, as well as a Lucchi bow from the Maestro Foundation.