BIO

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Currently based in Esbjerg, Denmark, video game enthusiast Matt Silverberg (AKA MarimbaMatt) has carved a niche in the music world thanks to his love of video game music and the marimba. He has arranged a plethora of video game and film music that have garnered thousands of views on YouTube and has performed as a marimba soloist at numerous conventions including MAGFest, VGMCon, and 2D Con, and at festivals throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin.

 

His extensive performance experience isn’t limited to solo performing. Matt performed on the 20th Anniversary North American tour of Avatar: The Last Airbender Live in Concert as a timpanist/percussionist. He's also performed with VocalEssence, the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, Heartland Marimba Quartet, and professional orchestras across the upper midwest such as the Duluth, Dubuque, and La Crosse Symphonies. 

He also performs in a percussion trio, Flipside Percussion, which gives educational concerts to K-12 schools all over Minnesota through the YourClassical Class Notes program. Matt also joined the COMPAS performer roster in 2025 where he further spread the gospel of VGM (video game music).

 

Matt is a CoFounder and the Artistic Director of the TCGSO (Twin Cities Gamer Symphony Orchestra) the first community orchestra in Minnesota that specializes in video game music. Their inaugural concert was held on January 17, 2025. He also served as the group's assistant conductor for a year.

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Matt released his debut album “Bottled Memories”, an electro/rock marimba album in March 2024 and released a Pokémon Album: "Pokémon: Mainly Marimba Version" in May 2025 (available on streaming services!). 

 

Matt has compositions published through Leading Tones Publications and Heartland Marimba Publications and have been performed at multiple universities and internationally. 

  

He has extensive teaching experience, having taught for 7 years at both the middle and high school level, has given music clinics to schools and freelanced throughout the Twin Cities.

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He received his BFA from UW-Milwaukee and his Masters in Music from the University of Minnesota. He is currently attending the Danish National Academy of Music where he is pursing an artist diploma.

 

Matt is a Marimba One artist.

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Check out Matt’s Instagram/YouTube @marimbamatt913, his website www.mattsilverbergmusic.com and listen to his music on Spotify or Apple Music