CARRIE-ANN MATHESON HAS A MULTI-FACETED INTERNATIONAL CAREER AS PIANIST, CONDUCTOR AND EDUCATOR. THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER AND THE MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM, MS. MATHESON BEGAN HER TENURE IN JANUARY 2021. A NATIVE OF CANADA, MS. MATHESON BEGAN HER CAREER AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, WHERE SHE WAS A TENURED MEMBER OF THE FULL-TIME MUSIC STAFF AS ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR, PROMPTER, PIANIST AND VOCAL COACH. IN 2014 SHE WAS INVITED BY GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR FABIO LUISI TO JOIN THE STAFF AT OPERNHAUS ZÜRICH, WHICH LED TO THE EXPANSION OF HER PERFORMING CAREER IN EUROPE. ESPECIALLY IN DEMAND AS A RECITAL PIANIST, SHE HAS PERFORMED WITH MANY OF THE WORLD’S MOST RENOWNED OPERA SINGERS, INCLUDING ROLANDO VILLAZÓN, JONAS KAUFMANN, PIOTR BECZALA, BENJAMIN BERNHEIM, DIANA DAMRAU, AND JOYCE DIDONATO.