Mats Lidström (born 1959) is a Swedish solo
cellist, recording artist,
chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small num ...
ian, composer, teacher and publisher.
His first teacher was Maja Vogl, of the music conservatory in
Gothenburg. He then went on to study at the
Juilliard School
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(
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
) with
Leonard Rose
Leonard Joseph Rose (July 27, 1918 – November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue.
Biography
Rose was born in Washington, D.C.; his parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Bragin, Belarus, and his mother from Kyiv, ...
whose own teaching goes straight back to
Luigi Boccherini
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major Eur ...
(via
Felix Salmond, Bernard Whitehouse,
Alfredo Piatti
Carlo Alfredo Piatti (8 January 182218 July 1901) was an Italian cellist, teacher and composer.
Biography
Piatti was born at via Borgo Canale, in Bergamo and died in Mozzo, 4 miles from Bergamo.
The son of a violinist, Antonio Piatti, he ori ...
and Gaetano Zanetti).
Lidström plays the "
Grützmacher" Rocca (
Giuseppe Rocca
Giuseppe Rocca (27 April 1807 – 27 January 1865) was an Italian violin maker of the 19th century.
Rocca's preferred models were the 1742 Alard Guarneri and the 1716 Messiah Strad. His instruments are appreciated today and are considered b ...
1857).
Career
In performance
Lidström has performed and recorded as soloist with some of the world's major orchestras, including the
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's orchestras, symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's ...
,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works.
The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...
, the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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, the
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin,
Czech Philharmonic and the
Dallas Symphony, with conductors such as
André Previn
André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieve ...
,
Andrew Litton
Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School. He studied piano with Nadia Reisenberg and conducting with Sixten Ehrling at the Juilliard School of Music in New ...
,
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He i ...
,
Maxim Shostakovich
Maxim Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (russian: Макси́м Дми́триевич Шостако́вич; born 10 May 1938 in Leningrad) is a Soviet, Russian and American conductor and pianist. He is the second child of the composer Dmitri Shostako ...
,
Leif Segerstam
Leif Selim Segerstam ( , ; born 2 March 1944) is a Finnish conductor, composer, violinist, violist and pianist, especially known for writing 350 symphonies as of August 2022, along with other works in his extensive oeuvre.
Segerstam has con ...
,
Osmo Vänskä
Osmo Antero Vänskä (born 28 February 1953) is a Finnish conductor, clarinetist, and composer.
Biography
Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinetist with the Turku Philharmonic (1971–76). He then became the principal cl ...
,
Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Leopold Maria Möst (born 16 August 1960), known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Biography
Franz Leopold Maria Möst was born in Linz, Austria ...
and
Lü Jia.
He has worked as principal cellist with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works.
The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...
,
London Symphony Orchestra
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,
The Philharmonia
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,
Britten Sinfonia,
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and
St Martin-in-the-Fields
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of London, The
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow. One of five full-time orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), it is the oldest full-time professional ra ...
and
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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,
Oslo Philharmonic
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and
Royal Concertgebouw orchestras, Bergen Philharmonie,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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and the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
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, and the major symphony orchestras of Sweden.
Lidström gave the Scandinavian premiere of Korngold's Cello Concerto (1989) which was recorded for Swedish Radio Channel P2.
Lidström commissioned and gave the world premiere of
Rolf Martinsson's first cello concerto on 20 April 2005 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted Mario Venzago.
In 1986 Lidström was invited to Moscow to play
Dmitri Kabalevsky's Second Cello Concerto Op. 77 to the composer. Time was also spent with the composer in his home, sight-reading Lidström’s new Tango in C major. The concerto was later recorded on CD conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.
He has performed chamber music in many of the major halls, including
Alice Tully Hall
Alice Tully Hall is a concert hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The hall is named for Alice Tully, a New York performer and philanthropist whose donations assist ...
and the
92nd Street Y
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(New York City),
Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a sm ...
and
Cité de la Musique
The Cité de la Musique ("City of Music"), also known as Philharmonie 2, is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was designed with the nearby Conservatoire de ...
(Paris),
Musikverein
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The acoustics of the building's 'Gr ...
(Vienna), Gulbenkian (Lisbon) and the
Barbican
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Europe
In the Middle ...
,
Wigmore,
Cadogan,
Queen Elizabeth
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* Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland
* Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022 ...
and
Royal Festival
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halls of London.
Lidström seeks out neglected but beautiful music for the cello and has produced several highly acclaimed and award-winning CDs. He appears on
EMI,
Deutsche Grammophon
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,
Decca,
BIS,
Hyperion
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Greek mythology
* Hyperion (Titan), one of the twelve Titans
* ''Hyperion'', a byname of the Sun, Helios
* Hyperion of Troy or Yperion, son of King Priam
Science
* Hyperion (moon), a moon of the planet Saturn
* ''Hyp ...
, Musica Sveciae, Opus 3, , as well as on his own label CelloLid.com.
Lidström has appeared on TV and radio throughout Europe, Japan, the U.S (including guest-appearances on
Andy Warhol
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's TV show ''Interiors'') and South America.
He has performed at many festivals including
Aspen
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Species
These species are called aspens:
*'' Populus adenopoda'' – Chinese aspen (Chin ...
, Kingston, Pensacola (USA), Cello Encounter (Rio de Janeiro) and across Europe, including the Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain and Sweden.
Lidström was the artistic director of the 2004/05 festival From Sweden in London, the greatest undertaking for Swedish classical music abroad by the Swedish government.
His ancestor on his father's side,
Richard Dybeck
Richard Dybeck (1 September 1811 – 28 July 1877) was a Swedish jurist, antiquarian, and lyricist. He is mainly remembered as the author of the lyrics to what is now the de facto Swedish national anthem, '' Du gamla, Du fria''.
Biography
Dybeck ...
, wrote the
Swedish national anthem.
Teaching
Lidström was appointed professor at the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke ...
in London in 1993 (Honorary Associate in 1998),.
Prior to the Royal Academy, he taught at the
Gothenburg University
The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 s ...
, Sweden.
He has given
master class
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"Masterclass" is als ...
es at conservatories in San Francisco, Cleveland and
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; Places in the United States
* Oberlin Township, Decatur County, Kansas
** Oberlin, Kansas, a city in the township
* Oberlin, Louisiana, a town
* Oberlin, Ohio, a city
* Oberlin, Licking County, Ohio, a ghost town
* Oberlin, ...
, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Spain, South America, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, the UK and Sweden.
Composer, publisher, arranger
Education publications
Lidström's compilation of orchestral excerpts for
Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments.
Formed in 1930 throu ...
, ''The Orchestral Cellist'', formed the basis for his publishing company CelloLid.com.
''The Essential Warm-up Routine for Cellists'' gives practical guidance and daily warm-up exercises to support all facets of cello-playing.
''The Beauty of Scale'' (made possible through a research grant from the Royal Academy of Music) explores the standard scales and contains chapters on alternative scales such as
pizzicato
Pizzicato (, ; translated as "pinched", and sometimes roughly as "plucked") is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument. The exact technique varies somewhat depending on the type of instrument :
* On bowe ...
, unisons, 4ths and 7ths, and also on how to practise scales.
For various instruments
Compositions include ''Rigoletto Fantasy'' for cello and orchestra on
Verdi's opera, ''Interlude'' for string quartet and orchestra, ''Maze of Love'' for voice, piano and orchestra, ' for two pianos and percussion (GSO 2012 Commission), ''Carnival in Venice'' for violin and two cellos, ''René Descartes'' in Stockholm, for solo recorder, ''Christmas Cookies'' for mezzo-soprano and 3 cellos, ''Pigalle'' divertimento for two cellos.
For cello and piano
''Suite Tintin'' – 9 scenes from ''The Adventures of Tintin'',. Premiered at the Wigmore Hall,London, March 2003 with
Peter Jablonski
Peter Jablonski (born 1971) is a Swedish concert pianist.
Biography
Peter Jablonski was born in Lyckeby, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Polish father. He studied percussion and piano at Malmö Conservatory from 1982 to 1986. He performed as a dr ...
.
Four sets of pieces for young players (''Spooky Pieces'', ''Traffic'', ''Ballroom Dances'' and ''Hotel Suite''), concert suite (extract from his
melodrama ''The Stamp King'', premiered at the
Wigmore Hall
Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...
, London December 2010), ''Swedish Rhapsody'' (for Prime Minister
Olof Palme
Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until ...
, premiered at the Wigmore Hall December 2011), ''Sunflowers in the night and other love songs'', and ''Le Cygne'', in honour of
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...
. See CelloLid.com.
In addition to his original compositions and
transcriptions, Lidström has published an ongoing series called ''If Bach was a cellist'', transcriptions and adaptations based on a fantasy that Bach intended everything he wrote for the cello.
Of the many transcriptions for cello as well as other instrumental combinations, composers include
Rameau,
Chopin,
Schumann
Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...
,
Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (Lucca, 22 December 1858Bruxelles, 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long li ...
,
Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...
,
Kreisler,
Scriabin and
Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film.
Born to ...
. For his ''Suite de
Pulcinella
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'' (cello and piano version of the 1949 orchestral score), Lidström has obtained a performance license from the
Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...
estate.
Solo cello
*''Suite for solo cello'', dedicated to Leonard Rose (1977, revised 2001)
*''Three pizzicato etudes''
*''My Heart Is In The East –
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945)He is presumed to have died in 1947, although the circumstances of his death are not clear and this date has been disputed. Some reports claim he was alive years later. 31 J ...
In Memoriam'' for solo cello (performed at the centenary celebrations and at the Swedish parliament and members of the US congress, 2012).
*''The Sea of Flowers Is Rising Higher'', elegy for solo cello in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. (September 1997)
Selected recordings
On CD
*1995 ''
Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No. 2,
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* Leon Khachatourian (born 1936), Iranian Armenian boxer
* Aram Khach ...
Cello Concerto,
Rachmaninov Vocalise'', (with
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He i ...
, conductor/pianist,
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO; sv, Göteborgs Symfoniker) is a Swedish symphony orchestra based in Gothenburg. The GSO is resident at the Gothenburg Concert Hall at Götaplatsen. The orchestra received the title of the National Orch ...
) BIS CD-719
*1995 ''
Boëllmann &
Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...
: Cello Sonatas'' CDA66888, (with
Bengt Forsberg, piano)
*1996 ''Swedish Cello Sonatas'', (with Bengt Forsberg, piano) Caprice CAP 21460
*1997 ''
Koechlin &
Pierné: Cello Sonatas'', (with Bengt Forsberg, piano
Hyperion CDA66979(awarded
Diapason d'Or
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in 1998)
*1997 ''
Elgar
Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
and Groba Cello Concertos'', (with Andrew Litton and The London Symphony Orchestra)
*1999 ''
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...
Cello Sonatas'', Hyperion CDH55342 (with Bengt Forsberg, piano)
*1999 ''Rendezvous with
Korngold
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897November 29, 1957) was an Austrian-born American composer and conductor. A child prodigy, he became one of the most important and influential composers in Hollywood history. He was a noted pianist and compo ...
– Songs and Chamber music'', (with
Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs.
Early life
Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swe ...
, mezzo soprano, Bengt Forsberg, piano, Kjell Lysell and Ulf Forsberg, violins and Nils-Erik Sparf, viola)
Deutsche Grammophon
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DG 459 631-2
*2000 ''French Cello Music'', Hyperion/Helios CDA67244 (with Bengt Forsberg, piano)
*2000 ''Smörgasbord'' Hyperion CDA67184, (with Bengt Forsberg, piano) (awarded BBC Pick of the Month) 'Unexpected pleasures' (BBC Music Magazine)
*2001 ''
Gunnar de Frumerie
Per Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie (20 July 1908, in Nacka, Stockholm County – 9 September 1987, in Täby, Stockholm County) was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday.
After studying pia ...
'' (includes Cello Concerto), (with
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Lü Jia) Caprice CAP 21644
*2001 ''
Dag Wirén'' (includes cello concerto), (with Sami Sinfonietta conducted by
Stefan Solyom) Musica SVeciae PSCD 716
*2004 ''Suite Tintin'' A tribute to Tintin. Incidental music set to Tintin's journeys around the world. Bagpipes from Scotland, flutes from Tibet and Peru, a soprano from a country never visited: Sweden. With George and Stuart McIlwham, Corin Long, Graham Mitchell,
Richard Durrant
Richard Durrant Dip RCM, ARCM, FLCM (born Brighton, Sussex, 2 November 1962) is an English guitarist and composer. He studied guitar, cello, and composition at the Royal College of Music in London between 1981 and 1986. Since his debut at the ...
,
Susanna Andersson
Susanna Andersson (born 7 December 1977) is a Swedish soprano and the winner of the 2003 Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Gold Medal Competition. Her debut performance was in 2005 and she played Zerlina in the Grange Park Opera’s staging ...
and Bengt Forsberg.
*2013 ''Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Trios'', Decca 0289 478 5346 6, with
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He i ...
, piano, and Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay, volin "Ashkenazy, Visontay and Lidström tap the vein of grief coursing through this music, inspired . . . They also unleash passion"
*2018
Shostakovich
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Cello Concerto no.1 and Lidström's "Rigoletto Fantasie" with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He i ...
BIS
On DVD
*2001 ''Erich Wolfgang Korngold – The Adventures of a Wunderkind''. A Portrait and Concert, (Arthaus Musik 100362 (PAL), 100363 (NTSC))
*2006 ''My Heart Is in the East and other pieces for solo cello'' (DVD, post-production)
*2010 ''Brahms for Fuchs Sake'' (PAL DVD), Brahms sonatas for cello and piano in E minor and F major. Robert Fuchs Sonata for cello and piano in E flat, (with Bengt Forsberg, piano)
*2010 ''The Swan and other short pieces for cello and piano'' (DVD, post-production)
Publications
Educational
*''The Orchestral Cellist'', Boosey & Hawkes
*''The Essential Warm-up Routine'' for Cellists, CelloLid.com CL116
Original compositions
*''Le Cygne'' – The Swan, CelloLid.com CL113
*''Hotel Suite'' for cello and piano, CelloLid.com CL103
*''Portraits'', CelloLid.com CL108
*''Ballroom Dances'', CelloLid.com CL104
*''My Heart is in the East. Raoul Wallenberg in Memoriam'' (for solo cello), CelloLid.com CL115
*''Spooky Pieces'', CelloLid.com CL101
*''Sun Flowers in the Night and other love songs'' for cello and piano, CelloLid.com CL118
*''Traffic'', CelloLid.com CL102
*''Mother's Day & Father's Day'' – two gentle pieces for cello and piano, CelloLid.com CL119
*''Tango'', see CelloLid.com
Transcriptions
*''If Bach was a cellist'', Vol. 1 – Italian Concerto in F major BWV 971 for cello and piano, CelloLid.com CL100
*''If Bach was a cellist'', Vol. 2 – Cello Concerto in A major BWV 1055, CelloLid.com CL105
*''If Bach was a cellist'', Vol. 3 – 10 encores, CelloLid.com CL106
*''If Bach was a cellist'', Vol. 4 – Concerto for two cellos and orchestra (piano reduction) in D minor (''Double Concerto'') BWV 1043, CelloLid.com CL111
*''If Bach was a cellist'', Vol. 5 – Cello Concerto for two cellos and orchestra (piano reduction) in C minor, CelloLid.com CL114
*Vivaldi ''Concerto in A minor for 2 cellos and orchestra'' (piano reduction), CelloLid.com CL110
*Claude Debussy – ''La flûte de Pan'' (Syrinx) for Cello Solo, CelloLid.com CL112
*''Jamaican Rumba and other pieces'' for cellos and piano, CelloLid.com CL109
Other works
*''The Stamp King'', (book, with artist Lars Paulsson) CelloLid.com CL107
References
External links
Mats Lidström's profileon the
RAM website
*
www.cellolid.com– Mats Lidström's publishing company
*
* Entries fo
Mats Lidströmat
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1959 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
Juilliard School alumni
Living people
Swedish classical cellists
Swedish classical composers
Swedish male classical composers
University of Gothenburg alumni