Matas Ščerbauskas

Matas Ščerbauskas first started playing the clarinet at the age of 8. He began taking lessons at a local music school in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania and at age 15 continued his studies professionally at a Conservatoire in the same city. During his studies there, he has participated and received awards in various music competitions in Lithuania, Austria, and Ukraine. In the year 2014 was appointed a prestigious award from the president of the Lithuanian Republic for his artistic achievements as a clarinet performer.

Matas started his undergraduate studies in clarinet performance at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2015 under teachers Yann Ghiro and John Cushing. Since then, he has participated in many diverse musical productions with conservatoire students and teachers alike, including a solo debut alongside RCS wind orchestra and apprenticeship schemes, performing with Scottish Chamber, Scottish National and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestras.

In 2021, working with internationally renowned Clarinetists Maximiliano Martin and Nicolas Baldeyrou, Matas has graduated Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with MMus Performance degree.