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 nameMats Johan Bergström
Born (1961-03-07) 7 March 1961
Gävle, Sweden
GenresChamber music
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrumentsguitar
Years active1983–present
LabelsNaxos
Associated actsMikael Samuelson, Steve Reich
Websitewww.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
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gollark: Make it identical to a human brain internally, but it can only write things in uppercase and say things in a monotonous robot voice.
gollark: You just need to make it not something people will think of as human, somehow.
gollark: I don't think it's some sort of neat one-dimensional thing.

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.

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