Russian born Matvey Lapin holds BM and MM from St Petersburg State Conservatory (Russia). He dates his interest in historical performance back in his pre-college years.

While in Russia, he performed with the most prominent HIP groups, like Musica Petropolitana and Musica Antiqua Rossica in St .Petersburg, as well as Moscow-based Pocket Symphony and Pratum Integrum. Since settling in the United States, Matvey completed his DMA minor field in historical violins at the Historical Performance Institute of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He collaborated with such notable musicians as Stanley Ritchie, Nigel North and Jeanne Lamont. Matvey performs regularly with Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, Duke Chapel Bach Cantata series, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, El Fuego, Mallarme Chamber Players and Raleigh Camerata. His collaborations also include Washington Bach Consort, Three Notch’d Road, among others.