| Mats Bergström | |
| Birth Name: | Mats Johan Bergström |
| Birth Date: | 7 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Gävle, Sweden |
| Genre: | Chamber music |
| Occupation: | Musician, composer |
| Instrument: | guitar |
| Years Active: | 1983–present |
| Label: | Naxos |
| Associated Acts: | Mikael Samuelson, Steve Reich |
Mats Johan Bergström (7 March 1961) is a Swedish guitarist and composer principally focused in the genre of chamber music.[1]
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]