Mats Larsson Gothe has written works in most genres, with an emphasis on orchestral music and solo concertos, but also chamber music and not least opera. He had a major breakthrough with his first full-length opera Poet and Prophetess at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, Sweden, in 2008, and the prize-winning Blanche and Marie aroused a lot of attention at the premiere in the autumn of 2014, and was also nominated for the 2015 International Opera Awards. In his solo concertos he has worked with soloists as Christian Lindberg and Torleif Thedéen. The singer Anna Larsson is another important interpreter of his music. Orchestras such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra have programmed his music. In 2016 the Stockholm Concert Hall’s “Composer Weekend Festival” was devoted to his music. Stylistically, Mats Larsson Gothe started off in a Stravinsky tradition from which he has continued to develop. Emotional power of expression is fused with neoclassical features and a strong sense of pulse. In his more recent orchestral music there is a dramaturgical structure which shows his work with opera has influenced these pieces as well. Mats Larsson Gothe was born in Lammhult, Sweden, on June 29, 1965. Raised in Torsby, Värmland, he studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Sven-David Sandström. He pursued further studies with Kalevi Aho at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.