reviews & features

January 2025 (Resonance)
“MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg’s wryly acerbic Trumpet Concerto (1967) has fared well on records […] and now we have this riveting new account by Matilda Lloyd.”
January 2025 (Resonance)
“The encores are lovely. I love the way Lloyd opens up her vibrato at 3′23″ in Rachmaninov’s Vocalise, and how she dances through the virtuoso tricks in Goedicke’s Étude with such ease and elegance.”
FEBRUARY 2024
“Blown away by young trumpeter: […] Matilda Lloyd has already made a name of herself, […] and met every challenge of this work.”
fanfare magazine
December 2023
(Casta Diva)
“She produces a seamless legato, a wide range of colour, and shapes the music like a fine singer. When brilliant pyrotechnics are called for, she delivers them with skill and panache. Above all, her playing is deeply musical.”
June 2023 (Casta diva)
“Lloyd plays with intense expression and immense warmth. The flawless tone, purity of line and dynamic subtlety she coaxes from her instrument are shown off to particularly impressive effect”
June 2023 (Casta diva)
“an album full of delights, which succeeds in showing that the trumpet can indeed be every bit as expressive as the human voice. Overall, this is immensely assured and really great fun.”
features
April 2023
'It's all about the emotions for me': Trumpeter Matilda Lloyd on her latest album, Casta Diva
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​Matilda Lloyd speaks to Opera Now’s Editor Hattie Butterworth about the physiology of brass playing, her relationship with opera and addressing the stereotypes of the instrument
October 2024
Cover Interview (in French) with Fabian Flament
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​Matilda Lloyd talks about her new album Resonance with Chandos Records, her journey with the trumpet, how she manages stage fright and future projects

April 2023
Cover Interview (in German)
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