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The Sewedish choral conductor, Mats Nilsson, took a conducting diploma at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, having previously studied the piano with Greta Erikson alongside studies in ensemble leadership, choral conducting and teaching. His conducting teachers have included Eric Ericson and Andrew Parrott with whom he has studied early music.
Mats Nilsson worked at Musikhögskolan Ingesund in Arvika (1985-1990) From 1998 to 2003, he was Musical Director of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Australia’s largest choral organisation. During his time in Sydney he directed many works for choir and orchestra in Sydney Opera House, including the Verdi's Requiem, W.A. Mozart’s C Minor Mass, and the majority of J.S. Bach's major choral works. He also taught choral conducting at the Sydney Conservatory of Music (1999-2002).
At present Mats Nilsson teaches choral conducting at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm (since 2004) and is director of Maria Magdalena Kammarkör (since 2009) and Maria Magdalena Vokalensemble (since 2011). He has previously worked with the Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Bach Choir, Latvian Radio Choir, Choir of Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (1990-1998) and Coro de Santa Cecilia in Rome. As concert master he has worked together with conductors such as Neeme Järvi, Charles Dutoit and Claudio Abbado. He is much in demand as a guest conductor and teacher both in Sweden and abroad, where invitations have taken him to China, Germany, Denmark and England. He currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden. |
