Mats Bergström

Mats Johan Bergström (7 March 1961) is a Swedish guitarist and composer principally focused in the genre of chamber music.[1]

Mats Bergström
Background information
Birth name	Mats Johan Bergström
Born	7 March 1961 Gävle, Sweden
Genres	Chamber music
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instruments	guitar
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Naxos
Associated acts	Mikael Samuelson, Steve Reich
Website	www.matsbergstrom.com

Borne in Gävle, Sweden, he received his MFA from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm in 1982, and did post-graduate study at the Juilliard School, 1990–92.[1] He made his debut in 1983 at Wigmore Hall in London and has since been a freelance soloist, accompanist and ensemble musician.

Bergström has collaborated with such artists as Mikael Samuelson, Steve Reich,[2] Edda Magnason, Göran Söllscher,[3] and Malena Ernman,[4] among others. He played acoustic guitar on the Douce France album of Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, which won the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.[5]

Recognition

• 1993 – Fred Åkerström grant (with Mikael Samuelson)
• 2006 – Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
• 2011 – Litteris et Artibus[6]

References

1. Bergström, Mats. "Biography". Mats Bergström Guitar. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
2. Hosken, Thom (2013). "Reich Re-writes Radiohead". FLUX. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
3. "Unikt mästarmöte med Göran Söllscher och Mats Bergström". MyNewsDesk (in Swedish). 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
4. "My Love - BIS: BISNLCD5020". Presto Classical. 2 February 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
5. Yahr, Emily; Ramanathan, Lavanya (8 February 2015). "Grammys 2015: Sam Smith is biggest winner, Beck scores major surprise, Kanye pulls a Kanye; Complete winners list". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
6. "Mats Bergström". Sveriges Kungahus. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

Official website