1. biografia

[amministratore_1]

Mats EDÉN
Stationsvägen 1
240 35 Harlösa, Svezia
tf: +46 (0)73 626 37 64
mail: matseden@hotmail.com
http://www.matseden.se
luogo e data di nascita: Södertälje (Svezia), 1957

1983-1987 Mats studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Norway. Member of The Society of Swedish Composers (FST) and Swedish Composers of Popular Music (SKAP).Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, elected May 2009.
Mats become interested in the traditional music from Värmland as a teenager. This interest happened to coincide with a major revival in the Swedish folk music movement. Mats soon became a devoted part of this movement and since the late 1970s he has been a freelance folk musician. He has toured in Europe, the USA and India with a number of different musicians and groups – amongst others Groupa, Tina Quartey, Ale Möller, Lena Willemark, Ellika Frisell and Gunnel Mauritzson.