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Versatile percussionist Shawn Mativetsky performs in a variety of musical genres with dynamism and skill. Equally at home in Western classical and contemporary/new music, Indian classical music, and world music, Shawn also composes and performs music for dance and theatre. He is active in the promotion of the tabla and North Indian classical music through lectures, workshops, and performances across Canada and the United States. Based in Montreal, Shawn teaches tabla and percussion at McGill University, where he directs the McGill Tabla Ensemble.
As an ensemble musician, Shawn Mativetsky’s wide range is evident in his work with three very different groups: the contemporary music ensemble Quintette Mont-Royal, violinist Parmela Attariwala's cross-cultural Attar Project, and the Indian-folk group Galitcha. Shawn has given acclaimed solo performances at the Banaras Hindu University (India), the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and the Société des Arts Technologiques. He has been featured in contemporary music series such as the Windsor Canadian Music Festival, Groundswell, Jusqu’aux Oreilles, and Evolutions. As a soloist, he has appeared with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra, Musica Nova, Ensemble Fusions, GEMS, and the percussion ensembles at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and William Paterson University. Shawn’s work as composer and percussionist in Geordie Theatre’s productions of Brahm and the Angel (2005) and Hansel and Gretel (2003) was met with critical acclaim. In 2003, he performed in Théâtre du Rideau Vert’s highly successful production of Paulo Coelho’s L’Alchimiste and was musical director and performer in Ensemble Mahapooram’s Le Lion du Panjshir and Danse Kalashas / Usine C’s dance production, En Himalaya. In 2006, he collaborated with the dancer Manijeh Ali, composing music for her solo dance choreography, Spirit of the Mountain. Shawn has also performed with Ramasutra, Matter of Time, Ensemble Mahapooram, Ragleela, Lithium Ensemble, the Montreal Organ Consort, and Duo Sheppard-Lanza, as well as with a number of symphony orchestras in Canada. His performances have been recorded for radio and television, including CBC, Radio Canada, Bravo, CH Montreal, and Zee Music (UK/India). In 2000, his recording with Ramasutra won an ADISQ Felix award, and was nominated for a Juno.
Shawn Mativetsky is a ganda-band disciple of Pandit Sharda Sahai of the Benares tabla gharana and has also studied tabla with Bob Becker. In addition, he has studied Western classical percussion with Pierre Béluse, D’Arcy Gray, Andrei Malashenko, and Robert Slapcoff, and the percussion of Kathakali dance-theatre with Bruno Paquet. Shawn holds a Master’s degree in music from McGill University and has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.
"[Shawn Mativetsky's] solo contemporary tabla recital... attracted quite a crowd... It was a beautiful mix of eastern music with western rhythms and western music with eastern beats." - Bharat Times, Montréal "On a été transporté par les sonorités du tabla de Shawn Mativetsky." - CIBL FM, Montréal "Our senses were instantly tingled..." - The Gazette, Montréal "Ces artistes [Jacques Phénix et Shawn Mativetsky] que l'on aurait aimé avoir connus plus tôt... La performance des musiciens a envoûté les auditeurs par cette musique qui, nul doute, ouvre l'esprit et permet à l'âme de voyager... Soirée magnifique." - L'Avenir, Montréal "All the while, percussionist Shawn Mativetsky -- unobtrusive but omnipresent -- produced an aural landscape that both enhanced and inspired." - The Gazette, Montréal "...les deux musiciens... Bruno Paquet et Shawn Mativetsky, font mille et une merveilles de leurs 10 doigts." - Voir, Montréal
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This summer, Shawn will again be hosting the 
Shawn recently performed in the Windsor Canadian Music Festival held in Windsor, Ontario. This included performances of Christien Ledroit's Trade Winds, a concerto for tabla, with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra and Ledroit's Elementalities, a trio for flute (Jaimie Wagner), vibraphone (Nick Papador), and tabla as part of the School of Music Faculty concert. - Feb. 2008 (Photo credit: Windsor Star)
Shawn's recording of contemporary works for tabla by the American composer, Payton MacDonald is 
Shawn performs tabla and percussion on three tracks of Suzie Leblanc's latest CD, Chants d'Acadie: Tout passe, released on 
Shawn has just returned from a three-week tabla residency in Varanasi, India, made possible with a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. - Jan. 2007
On Sept. 17, 2006, Shawn appeared as guest soloist with Ottawa's Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra for a performance of Christien Ledroit's Trade Winds.
The Ottawa Citizen had this to say - "The most fascinating piece on the program was Christien Ledroit's Trade Winds for tabla and orchestra... Percussionist Shawn Mativetsky handled the virtuoso solo part with an aplomb that was nicely matched by the orchestra."
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