The Swedish guitarist Mats Bergström grew up in Stockholm in a family of musicians. After graduating from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, then a further year of study in London and a debut recital at the Wigmore Hall, he worked mainly as a session musician during the 1980s on both electric and acoustic guitar. Two years as a post-graduate student at the Juilliard School in New York at the beginning of the 1990s were followed by a conscious move towards chamber music. Today he is often heard accompanying some of our most prominent singers, or otherwise as a boundless soloist and ensemble player.
Gehrmans he has published the series "Mats Bergström Performance Editions".
Mats Bergström Performance Editions consists of works by the great composers, arranged for guitar in combination with voice, flute and/or strings. The arrangements have been tested and used in both concerts and recording sessions.
The series is primarily intended for professional musicians and advanced music students. Each edition includes guitar fingering and an editor's note that includes a brief historical background to the piece in question, as well as information about source material.
Mats Bergström is member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 2006. In 2011 he was awarded the royal medal Litteris and Artibus by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Photo: Per-Erik Adamsson
