Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque

VIOLIN

British-American Baroque violinist, Matthew Millkey, enjoys an active career as an orchestral and chamber musician in and around London. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, Matthew is currently pursuing a PhD in historical musicology at the Royal College of Music. His thesis, titled “The Low Hold and Thumb Hold: historical violin and bow holds as tools for reimagining historical performance practice”, features a practice-based investigation of violin technique in the period 1630-1700, with particular emphasis on the practice of holding the violin against the chest. Matthew has preformed with numerous Early Music ensembles around England, including the Academy of Ancient Music, Florilegium, the BBC Singers, Ensemble OrQuesta, Endelienta Baroque, and Noxwode Baroque, among others. Matthew has participated in multiple live radio broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, and has appeared in music festivals throughout the United States and Europe, including the BBC Proms, the Boston Early Music Festival, Prangins Baroque, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Tilford Bach Festival, and the Chigiana festival. Additionally, Matthew is a founding member of The Great Bear Ensemble. Matthew plays on a Baroque violin by Hugh Saville, kindly on loan to him from the Royal College of Music.

VIOLIN

Sara Matović is a baroque and modern violinist and recent graduate of the Royal College of Music, where she completed her Master of Performance in July 2025 under Professors Adrian Butterfield and Bojan Čičić. During her studies, she was awarded the Linda Hill and Charles Colt Scholarships. She also studied modern violin at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad with Professor Miroslav Pavlović.

She is a member of Ensemble OrQuesta and the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra under Marcio da Silva, and has collaborated with renowned ensembles including the Academy of Ancient Music, the London Handel Players, and New Trinity Baroque under Predrag Gosta. Her performing experience encompasses both orchestral and chamber repertoire, and she has appeared in projects alongside distinguished artists such as Kati Debretzeni, Bojan Čičić, Zefira Valova, and Marcio da Silva.

In addition to her performing career, Sara is the artistic director of the ensemble Harmony of Time, which she founded to explore new approaches to historically informed performance.

CELLO / GAMBA

Pablo Tejedor-Gutiérrez is a Madrilenian historical cellist and viola da gamba player, based in London, specialising in Historical Performance. Praised for his “virtuoso solo cello” (Baroquiades) and “very rapid playing” (Andrew Benson-Wilson), Pablo was awarded third place at the 2023 Spanish National Early Music Competition (Jeunesses Musicales), received the 2022 BritishSpanish Society Arts Award, and the Youngest Talent Prize from Madrid's City Council.

His engagements span major venues such as the Victoria Hall (Geneva), Muziekgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro Real (Madrid), and festivals including Utrecht Oude Muziek, Saintes, Chiquitos, and Ambronay. He has worked under renowned conductors and artists such as William Christie, Enrico Onofri, Philippe Herreweghe, Ophélie Gaillard, and Rachel Podger, and regularly appears as solo or co-principal cellist with ensembles such as Academia Montis Regalis, Holland Baroque, Instruments of Time and Truth, Ensemble Mare Nostrum, and Le Parlement de Musique.

Pablo is also the director of La Tirana and a co-founder of the ensemble Nocturnalia, which has recently been selected as part of the 2026–27 S-EEEmerging European cohort for early music chamber ensembles, developing residencies in Finland, France, Italy, and Greece. His solo and ensemble work includes recording projects for Amadeus, as well as modern premieres and opera productions across Europe. Recent and future appearances include collaborations with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bolzano Festival, Les Ombres, and a solo tour in Utrecht Oude Muziek and Semana de la Música Antigua de Estella in Navarra. A keen pedagogue, he is frequently invited to lecture in masterclasses and seminars on Historical Performance and treatises at the Royal College of Music, Oxford University, or Musikene Conservatoire, based on his published research on diverse musicological and cultural history topics.

He studied in Spain with Aldo Mata, in Switzerland with Bruno Cocset, Guido Balestracci, and David Pia, and in the UK at the Royal College of Music and with Jonathan Manson. He has received further mentorship through masterclasses with Christophe Coin, Jaap Ter Linden, Sara Mingardo, Kristin von der Goltz, Lucia Swarts, and others, and is a past recipient of awards and excellence scholarships from the Wilsdorf Foundation, Société des Amis du Conservatoire de Genève, and the RCM Trusts.

RECORDER

Paul Jenkins studied Recorders and historically informed performance at the University of York, prior to becoming a chef, cooking in Toulouse, London, and Oxfordshire. He also has extensive experience as an educator in Inner London Primary schools, specialising in music and combined arts.

Paul holds an MA in Music and Education from the University of London institute of Education. He has worked as professional development consultant, project animateur, and workshop facilitator for Lambeth Education and Hackney music service.

​Paul has collaborated with English Pocket Opera Company, the British Film Institute and South Bank Centre Gamelan on outreach projects for Primary schools.