Classical guitarist, Mattias Jacobsson, has established himself as one of the most engaging young Scandinavian performers today. Recent engagements include concerto appearances in The United States and Sweden, live performances at WQXR radio and performances with guitarist Sharon Isbin at the Coolidge Awards in Boston and at the Aspen Music Festival, performing music by Howard Shore from Martin Scorsese’s movie “The Departed”, broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today. In June 2008, Mr. Jacobsson was featured in the BBC documentary series “Imagine” about Oliver Sacks.
At the age of 17, Mr. Jacobsson made his recital debut at the Stockholm International guitar festival on very short notice, immediately followed by a tour of Estonia, along with his first recording album (Måncd009) containing music by Bach, Poulenc, Mertz, Lauro, Albéniz, Sor and Tárrega. Since then, he has performed with principal members of Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and The Royal Danish Opera, and has been broadcast on BBC, WQXR, NPR and SRP2, the Swedish classical radio. He has also made recital and chamber music appearances in major Swedish venues as well as Alice Tully Hall, New York.
Mattias Jacobsson studied at the Malmö Academy of Music in his native Sweden with Göran Söllscher and Gunnar Spjuth and at The Juilliard School with Ms. Sharon Isbin. His previous teachers include Erik Möllerström and Bo Hansson.
Mr. Jacobsson plays exclusively on guitars by the Swedish luthier Thomas Fredholm.