Mattias Bylund

Bengt Axel Mattias Bylund (born 16 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, music arranger and music producer who lives in Gothenburg. In 2016 he received a Grammy Award for string arrangement on Taylor Swift's 1989 and he is also Musical director for Swedish TV-show Bingolotto.

Biography Bylund grew up in Rönninge where he learned to play the piano by imitating his mother's piano students' homework. In the 1980s moved he and his family to Ultrå in Norrland where he took lessons in bassoon and piano and studied at Mellansels folkhögskola. His first career was as a keyboardist in the bands Masterpiece, Mårtens Hjältar and Perry & the Poorboys in 1980– and the 90s. and also became keyboardist for the big band Himlaväsen. (SVT), Eldsjälsgalan och Tack för Dansen (TV4). At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards 2016, he won a Grammy Award in the "Album of the Year" category for strings on Taylor Swift's album 1989. At the Academy Awards 2017 the song "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from the movie Troll was nominated for best original song where Bylund made the horn arrangement.