Born in 1972 of Chinese and Italian ancestry, Matthew began playing guitar at the age of twelve. He attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with Scott Tennant and Lawrence Ferrara. Matthew participated in master classes held by artists including Eliot Fisk, David Russell, and the L.A. Guitar Quartet. Matthew complemented this training by studying the classical music of North India at the Ali Akbar College of Music with Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.

Matthew has contributed to the classical guitar repertory by transcribing numerous works, including Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Barber's Adagio for strings, Dvorak's Nocturne, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Rachmaninoff's Symphony no.2 and other works for violin and piano.

Morever, Matthew has advanced the genre of world music by combining eastern and western traditions in his compositions. These include both fixed compositions and improvised works for solo guitar and ensemble. Matthew developed a new style of playing entitled Indian classical fusion, which combines elements of north and south Indian music, with harmonic elements from the west and has concieved new talas (rhythmic cycles) such as 10 1/2, 27 1/2, 9 1/4, and 26 1/4. This music can be heard with his group, The Nada Brahma Music Ensemble.

Matthew performs and lectures throughout Northern California. He was a soloist with the Solano Symphony and has played with the Sacramento Youth Symphony Premire Orchestra. His recordings include two CDs of original compositions, Intimate Settings (1995) and Echoes of a Lake (1999) as well as his transcription of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (2001) for solo guitar. Matthew has also appeared as a guest artist on many other recordings. Matthew has published music scores of his own compositions and transcriptions, and his CDs and sheet music are available from his publishing house: Nada Brahma Productions. He currently resides in Davis, California.