As an international soloist and chamber musician, Mats Lidström has gained a reputation for performances of great insight and virtuosity. He has been a member of the Royal Academy of Music since 1993, and is currently attached to Oxford University through his solo cello position with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and Soloists. Mats has recorded as a soloist and chamber musician for Hyperion, EMI, Decca, BIS and Deutsche Grammophon.

His compositions, including three cello concertos, are available, along with his transcriptions, educational material and recital pieces for young cellists, through his publishing company cellolid.com (distributed by Stainer & Bell) and nkoda.com. Mats has led the cello sections of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Swedish Opera, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic and Mahler Chamber Orchestra, as well as the major orchestras of Sweden.

Mats is the founder of the annual cello course ‘EXPANSION’. He comes from a family with more than a hundred years of involvement with the arts, from opera soloists and instrumentalists to prima ballerinas, conductors and artists. His ancestor Richard Dybeck wrote the Swedish national anthem.