Matias M. Santos

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Matias Santos was born in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. His musical journey began when he composed his first piece of music on a second-hand piano his parents acquired from an old Swedish church. His passion for music composition grew as he immersed himself in the study of western-music theory and classical piano.

Matias' upbringing as a second-generation immigrant was marked by a unique blend of musical influences. While studying western-classical music theory and Swedish folk music at school, he was also surrounded by the sounds of Argentine and Uruguayan tango, milonga and murga, as well as Chilean cueca and caporales. As a result, his compositions organically reflected this rich heritage. In his adolescent years, Matias explored his family's cultural roots, which further enriched and informed his musical style.

Today, Matias is based in Berlin and works as a composer and sound engineer while studying in the Master's Program at Konrad Wolf Babelsberg Film University. Here he finished his studies in contemporary composition and production under professors Renée T Coulombe and Brian Greene. He wrote his first string quartet piece “Filtered Through Memories” which was performed in 2022 at St. Elisabeth Kirche (Berlin).

During his academic years, Matias became deeply fascinated by field recordings, convolution reverbs and spectral music, which he seamlessly integrated with his traditional western-composition background to further develop his compositional style.