Matt Siffert is a multidisciplinary musician from New York City. His creative practice spans music creation, education, and administration.
Over a 15-year career, he has worked with artists across genres and generations, including Jon Batiste, Lauren Daigle, Norah Jones, Amos Lee, Chris Potter, Kate Soper, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Adia Victoria.
Siffert’s music explores the intersections between folk-influenced songwriting and contemporary musical adventurousness. He has released seven albums as a singer-songwriter, performed nationally and internationally (from the Metropolitan Opera to South by Southwest, Croatia to Cuba), and been featured in publications such as The New Yorker, NPR, and Time Out New York. He has recently expanded his practice to include work in the literary and visual arts, including exhibiting multimedia art in galleries and publishing music articles for newspapers.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Siffert has worked with Musical Mentors Collaborative to bring free music instruction to under-resourced communities around the United States, including youth in foster care, new immigrants, and people with cognitive and physical disabilities. He has collaborated with brands such as Fender, Gibson, Kala, and Steinway to bring high-quality instruments to these students, as well as granting organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts to hire renowned musicians to provide bespoke mentorship.
Siffert has also collaborated with record labels such as Blue Note, Capitol Records, and Smithsonian Folkways to help deepen and expand online relationships between artists and their audiences.
Siffert lives in Nashville with his wife and their two children.