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He was formerly a singer, songwriter, producer and director.[2]Table of ContentsEducation[edit]Music career[edit]Legal career[edit]Public life[edit]References[edit]Education[edit]Hickey was born in Ipswich, Australia. He was educated at St Edmund’s College, Ipswich and later attended the University of Queensland, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in political science), and the Queensland University of Technology, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Master of Music.[3]Music career[edit]Hickey started his career as a boy soprano, training with Blodwyn Whitehead OAM.[4] In 1988, he made his professional debut with the St Lucia Orchestra in the Concert Hall at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and, in the same year, appeared as a treble in Opera Queensland’s production of Tosca. In 1990 he made his debut at the Sydney Opera House, performing as a featured soloist with the Australian National Youth Choir.Later, Hickey studied towards a Bachelor of Music in opera at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, where he was a student of Professor Janet Delpratt AM. He won numerous prizes and awards, and appeared in masterclasses with the likes of Dame Joan Sutherland and Olaf B\u00e4r. As an operatic tenor, he performed with Opera Queensland, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Queensland Pops Orchestra and various chamber ensembles.[5]In 1998, while an undergraduate, together with fellow students, Hickey developed The Ten Tenors, of which he was a member, director and executive producer until 2010. During that time, The Ten Tenors: were awarded numerous gold and platinum albums in Australia and abroad; recorded at Abbey Road Studios and at Sir George Martin’s Air Studios, London; collaborated with Oscar-winning composer John Barry and Grammy-award winning producer Simon Franglen; and performed at high-profile venues worldwide, including the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Sydney Opera House.Hickey toured extensively with the ensemble all over the world, particularly in the US and Europe, performing an estimated 1500 shows with them, and he performed on or produced (or both) the following:CD1998 \u2013 Tenorissimo!1999 \u2013 Colours2000 \u2013 Untied (also known as One Is Not Enough in Europe)2001 \u2013 A Not So Silent Night2004 \u2013 Larger Than Life2005 \u2013 Tenology (The Best of So Far…) No. 8 AUS2005 \u2013 A Not So Silent Night (remastered and remixed with new tracks, available at concerts in Germany and as bonus CD with Tenology Limited Christmas Edition in the USA)2006 \u2013 Here’s to the Heroes No. 8 AUS2008 \u2013 Nostalgica No. 27 AUS2011 \u2013 Nostalgica \u2013 International Edition (with bonus tracks from their performance on Oprah’s Ultimate Adventure)VHS\/DVD2000 \u2013 Colours \u2013 VHS (Australia & New Zealand only)2002 \u2013 One Is Not Enough \u2013 DVD (Europe only)2004 \u2013 Larger Than Life \u2013 DVD (USA, Canada & Australia only)2006 \u2013 Here’s to the Heroes \u2013 DVD2009 \u2013 Amigos Para Siempre CD\/DVD packIn 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for distinguished service to the Australian music industry.[6]Legal career[edit]Since 2010, Hickey has practiced as a barrister in Queensland. He is a member of Level Twenty Seven Chambers. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 he was recognised by Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession as one of Queensland’s leading building and construction barristers.[7]In 2018, Hickey achieved prominence acting for liquidators in high-profile litigation against Clive Palmer and his companies,[8] and in appearances for one of the families during the Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 4 people at Dreamworld in 2016.[9]Public life[edit]Hickey is a member of the board of the Breast and Prostate Cancer Association of Queensland.[10]References[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/matthew-hickey-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Matthew Hickey – Wikipedia"}}]}]