Mats Lidström

Cellist Mats Lidström is also noted as a composer and educator. He serves as solo cellist with the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, and he is a longtime faculty member at the Royal Academy of Music. Lidström has a substantial recording catalog of solo, chamber, and orchestral releases, some of them featuring his own compositions. In 2025, he released the album Swans with pianist Leif Kaner-Lidström.