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Mattias Jacobsson
4+ albums
classical guitarguitarClassicalromanticclassical music
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Mattias Jacobsson (born November 8, 1984) is a Swedish classical guitarist Mattias Jacobsson was born near Stockholm, Sweden and began to play the guitar in Nacka Municipal Music School and at Södra Latins Gymnasium. He continued his education at the Malmö Academy of Music and at the Juilliard School. Jacobsson’s first major recital was at age 17 at the Stockholm International Guitar Festival, and he has appeared on Spanish television for Televisión Española, and on radio in the United States for WQXR and NPR. Jacobsson has been featured on Swedish Radio, and has also garnered a following on YouTube. Concert appearances include those at the Uppsala International Guitar Festival and at Strathmore. Composer Jakub Ciupiński has been commissioned to write a guitar concerto for Jacobsson, which will be premiered together with Metropolis Ensemble in New York during the 2013-14 season. Mattias Jacobsson plays a guitar made by Ignacio Fleta e hijos from 1971, and uses strings by Albert Augustine; Regal trebles and Blue basses. The guitar was passed on to Jacobsson from his first teacher Erik Möllerström, who was able to acquire it during his studies in Barcelona, Spain, through the avail of his teacher, Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. On June 12, 2012, Mattias Jacobsson’s debut recording Invocación was released on Avie Records. It explores the music of Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega and his influences from Chopin, as well as his legacy through his students Miguel Llobet and Emilio