Career
His most notable work is with balkan rhythm quartet Paradox Trio and American klezmer band The Klezmatics, and formerly performed with Orange Then Blue. Other musical projects include Ballin" The Jack, Yo Lateef, Disastro Totale (with Yuri Lemeshev), Whirligig, Celtic Eclectic, and Shabbes Elevator. Matt grew up listening to Balkan, Israeli, and other styles of world music
He moved to Boston to study at the New England Conservatory Of Music in the Third Stream program
He now resides in New York City.