Mats Engström started his musical career playing the French horn, initially with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and later in the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (RSPO). At the end of the 1980s, he was offered the position as Director of Program and Artistic Planning for the RSPO and Stockholm Concert Hall, a position he stayed at until 2015. In addition to planning the orchestral and chamber music season, he was a key person in the planning of the Contemporary Composers Festivals activities in the Stockholm Concert Hall. Between spring 2017 and -18 Mats stepped in as Acting Artistic Director at Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. He has also produced several recordings with RSPO, New York Philharmonic and Vienna Philharmonic. Mats is supervisor for the filmed concert recordings with the RSPO for their Play Channel.