Interview with Mats Bergström (June 2018) Hello Mats, welcome back to Neuguitars blog. Last time we talked about Steve Reich and minimalism, now we will talk about… well, shall we call him the greatest composer? Johann Sebastian Bach, how did your interest for Bach start? Bach was always present when I grew up. My parents,…
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#Recensione di Bach Sei Solo Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001 – 1006 di Mats Bergström, Mats Bergström Musik AB, 2017 su #neuguitars #blog
Recensione di Bach Sei Solo Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001 – 1006 di Mats Bergström, Mats Bergström Musik AB, 2017 http://www.matsbergstrom.com/ http://www.matsbergstrom.com/bach-sei-solo/ Lo so. Neuguitars è un blog dedicato alla musica contemporanea. Perché quindi parliamo di Bach? Le risposte sono diverse ma portano tutte a un unico filo conduttore e cioè alla domanda se un…
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Review of Bach Sei Solo Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001 – 1006 by Mats Bergström, Mats Bergström Musik AB, 2017 http://www.matsbergstrom.com/ http://www.matsbergstrom.com/bach-sei-solo/ I know. Neuguitars is a blog dedicated to contemporary music. Why then do we talk about Bach? The answers are different but all lead to a single common thread and that is the…
#Interview with Mats Bergström (February 2017) on #neuguitars #blog
Interview with Mats Bergström The first question is always the classic one: how did it start, your love and interest for the guitar and what instruments do you play or have you played? Both of my parents have been professional musicians. My father played the flute in the Swedish Radio Symphony, my mother sang in…
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Interview with Mats Bergström
#Review of Mats Bergström & friends, Electric Counterpoint, Mats Bergström Musik AB, (2012) on #neuguitars #blog
During the BBC Proms 2011 Bergström performs with great success at the Royal Albert Hall with Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich. The following year, the recording of the same score is released on CD and Blu-ray in a luxurious gray box set, limited edition maybe, which contains music by Steve Reich and Edda Magnason and…
#Recensione di Mats Bergström & friends, Electric Counterpoint, Mats Bergström Musik AB, (2012) su #neuguitars #blog
Durante i BBC Proms 2011 Bergström si esibisce alla Royal Albert Hall riscuotendo un grande successo con Electric Counterpoint di Steve Reich. L’anno successivo, l’incisione dello stesso brano è pubblicata su CD e Blu-ray in un lussuoso cofanetto grigio, credo a tiratura limitata, che contiene musiche di Steve Reich e di Edda Magnason e che…
#Review of SubString Bridge (2002, Bis Northern Lighs BIS-NL-CD-5019) by Mats Bergström on #neuguitars #blog
Mats Bergström has taken guitar performance into so many directions and with such skill, it’s a challenge to simply define his career. He is a highly successful soloist, chamber player, accompanist, and arranger, and in most of these roles he has struck out rather imaginative paths. In the chamber realm he has played in duos, trios,…
#video Mats Bergström plays Electric Counterpoint on #neuguitars #blog
This video was filmed as part of the Steve Reich’s Clapping Music app project: “In 1972 I composed a piece called Clapping Music and all it needs is your two hands. This app is very helpful: it will teach you to play the piece and it will prepare you to perform it live. It’s a…
#Recensione di SubString Bridge di Mats Bergström (2002, Bis Northern Lighs BIS-NL-CD-5019) su #neuguitars #blog
Il chitarrista svedese Mats Bergström presenta un curriculum impressionante. Nato nel 1961 a Gävle, in Svezia, Mats Bergström cresce a Stoccolma in una famiglia di musicisti. Dopo il diploma al Conservatorio Reale de Musica di Stoccolma, trascorre un anno di studio a Londra, dove debutta alla Wigmore Hall. Negli anni ’80 è attivo prevalentemente come…
