Mattias Sköld

Mattias Sköld is employed as a senior lecturer in composition at KMH and conducts research in music and technology, with a focus on experimental notation.

About the researcher

Mattias Sköld is a composer who studied composition with, among others, Sven-David Sandström, Per Mårtensson, Pär Lindgren, and Bill Brunson. He writes music ranging from orchestral to solo pieces, both acoustic and electronic. At KMH, Mattias teaches electroacoustic composition, sonology, aural skills, and music programming.

In addition to score-based composition, Mattias has extensive experience in live electronics and was active for many years in Stockholm's experimental music scene, with Fylkingen as his base. He has also written extensively for choir, including four oratorios, and his music has been performed by choirs around the world.

Research description

In 2023, Mattias earned his PhD with the dissertation Sound Notation – The Visual Representation of Sound for Composition and Analysis, in collaboration between KMH and KTH

Link to the dissertation in the DIVA research database External link.

Throughout his dissertation work, Mattias' research was closely integrated with his teaching in sonology, drawing on Pierre Schaeffer's sound classification and Lasse Thoresen's analytical methods. He continues his research with a focus on notation and electronic music and has developed an increasing interest in action notation and the combination of descriptive and prescriptive symbolic languages. Timbre and its representation are also areas of interest.

In addition to his research at KMH, Mattias is involved in the sound and music computing research group at KTH and is part of the production team for the research collaboration NAVET, which is led by KTH in cooperation with KMH, SKH, Konstfack, KKH, the National Museum of Science and Technology, and the Swedish Museum of Performing Arts.