Michael Gough Matthews, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British musician and Director of the Royal College of Music
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About Michael Gough Matthews
- Michael Gough Matthews (12 July 1931 – 11 April 2013) was a British pianist, teacher and musical administrator.
- After starting as a concert pianist he turned to teaching, spending much of his career at the Royal College of Music in London, from 1972 to 1993, the last eight years as director of the college.
- His time in office was marked by a successful resistance to government plans to merge the college with the Royal Academy of Music, and by the building of a new theatre for student performances.
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