A child prodigy in the UK has become the world’s youngest orchestra conductor at 11.
The primary school pupil had the 1,300-strong audience in raptures after leading the 75-strong orchestra.
He said: “I’m now asked for my autograph as I walk to school.”
The Nottingham lad’s debut in the charity concert was watched by proud mum Beverly, 40.
Matthew was discovered at seven by NSO conductor Derek Williams, who became his mentor.
He beat the record of 14-year-old Jose Angel Salazar
He was discovered at seven-years-old by NSO conductor Derek Williams
Matthew’s mum felt ‘quite nervous’ for him because he is so young
Matthew Smith conducted the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on Sunday as they played Johann Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus. 
Mr Williams said Matthew has “an inherent natural ability the like of which I have not seen for 30 years.”
He beat the record of Jose Angel Salazar, 14, who conducted in his native Venezuela in 2012.
A Grade 5 standard violinist, Matthew also plays the guitar, drums, piano and viola.
Matthew conducted the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra as they performed Die Fledermaus at the Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham
Speaking before he took to the stage, the talented school boy said: “I don’t know if conducting will be my future but I will carry on doing music.
He led the orchestra through the nine-minute piece entirely from memory
