Matthew Cocker

Archiving & Transfer Engineer. Matthew joined Abbey Road Studios in 1988 as an honours degree music graduate of Goldsmiths College and accomplished concert pianist. He was head of the editing department until 1996, when he went to work for Sony Music UK for some years. After returning to Abbey Road in 2005, Matthew took up his current position as Archive Engineer, heading up Abbey Road’s irreplaceable music archive, which is one of its major assets. Over the years he has worked on a very diverse range of recordings, from classical, rock and pop to opera, with many high profile artists including The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Bernard Haitink, Kiri Te Kanawa, Murray Perahia, Moby, Stephen Schwartz, Martha Argerich and Malcolm McLaren. Several recordings which Matthew worked on have gone on to win Gramophone Awards and he also worked closely with pianist Murray Perahia on his acclaimed recordings of Bach’s ‘English Suites’ and Chopin’s ‘Etudes,’ which both won Grammy Awards in 1999 and 2003 respectively. Besides his archiving work, Matthew has also produced a number of recordings for both EMI Classics and Sony Classical.