

Lecturer in Jazz Ensemble & Double Bass
Programme Director, Performance programmes in Music and Church Music
Since graduating from the IE programme in Malmö in 1996, Mattias Hjorth has been active as a professional freelance musician and as an educator with positions at Fridhems Folkhögskola's music programme and at the Malmö Academy of Music.
As a musician, Mattias is one of the region's most popular jazz bassists and has played with most of the big names in Swedish jazz with gigs and tours in both Sweden and the rest of Europe. He is also a permanent member of the groups Plunge, Loic Dequidt Trio/Quartet, Cennet Jönsson Quartet, Triple Bass Fantasy and Ljungkvist/Hjorth Duo.
Read more about Mattias' groups at www.kopasetic.se