Mattias Bylund
Mattias Bylund | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bengt Axel Mattias Bylund |
| Born | 16 June 1970 (age 54) Södertälje, Stockholms län, Sverige |
| Occupation(s) | Music producer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Synth, piano, horn |
| Website | www |
Bengt Axel Mattias Bylund (born 16 June 1970)[1] is a Swedish musician, music arranger and music producer who lives in Gothenburg. In 2016 he received a Grammy Award for string arrangement on Taylor Swift's 1989 and he is also Musical director for Swedish TV-show Bingolotto.
Biography
[edit]Bylund grew up in Rönninge where he learned to play the piano by imitating his mother's piano students' homework.[2] In the 1980s moved he and his family to Ultrå in Norrland where he took lessons in bassoon and piano[3] and studied at Mellansels folkhögskola.[4] His first career was as a keyboardist in the bands Masterpiece, Mårtens Hjältar and Perry & the Poorboys in 1980– and the 90s.[2] 1994 Bylund moved to Gothenburg to study to music teacher at the Academy of Music[5] and also became keyboardist for the big band Himlaväsen.[3] In the late 90's Bylund was a music teacher at Samskolan and Musikhögskolan[3] for a few years. One of his students was Johan Carlsson who after his studies started working with Max Martin and started to hire Bylund for recordings.[2]
In 2001, Bylund was musical director for Sven-Ingvars show at Rondo.[3] After that he was hired as MD at the Stadsteatern in Gothenburg, The full Monty (2003) and Kharmen (2006).[3] Since 2006, Mattias Bylund has been the conductor of the annual Christmas concert "Stjarnjul" with Rönninge show chorus[3] & The Entertainmen. He has been the musical director of several of Christer Sjögren's shows since 2007.[3] In 2006, Bylund began to participate sporadically as a musician in Bingolotto and since 2010 is one of the MD:s for the house band in this TV-show.[3] Other TV programs Mattias has been musical director for are Summer Evening with Rickard Olsson [6] (SVT), Eldsjälsgalan och Tack för Dansen (TV4). At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards 2016, he won a Grammy Award in the "Album of the Year" category for strings on Taylor Swift's album 1989.[7] At the Academy Awards 2017 the song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from the movie Troll was nominated for best original song where Bylund made the horn arrangement.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1990: Bylund, Bengt Axel Mattias
- ^ a b c Tore Lund (June 21, 2015). "Mattias Bylund's notes have reached the top". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mattias Bylund. "Website Mattias Bylund". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ^ Susanna Odraks (February 16, 2016). "He grew up outside Ö-vik – was praised at the Grammy Gala tonight". Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Markus Görsch (February 19, 2016). "Mattias Bylund won grammy – University of Gothenburg student unions". Göteborgs Universitets Studentkårer. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ svt – Sveriges Television (July 25, 2013). "Rickard Olsson gets a nice visit". Retrieved April 3, 2019.
- ^ Louise Sandborg (February 16, 2016). "Gothenburgers won prize for album of the year". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
svt – Sveriges Television
- ^ Can't Stop the Feeling (Media notes). Justin Timberlake. RCA Records. 2016.
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