Now based in Philadelphia, Matt Hagestuen serves as the Video Director and Editor for the Curtis Institute of Music while continuing his associations with Arts Laureate as Video Director and the Berlin Opera Academy in Germany as their Head of Film and Technical Production. Recent collaborations have included filming and editing with Arts Laureate in support of the Vocal Arts DC recital series, recording sessions with Osmo Vänskä and the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, and continued partnerships with the award-winning Baylor Symphony Orchestra for their 75th Annual Children's Concert Series.
Matt is an Emmy-nominated Assistant Director and holds one Master of Music degree in Orchestral Conducting and another in Vocal Performance from Baylor University. He was a conducting student of Stephen Heyde and is also an alumnus of the University of Minnesota SPAN: Program in the United Kingdom and the University of Northwestern-St. Paul.