Award-winning composer and sound artist Matias Santos (b. 1995, Gothenburg, Sweden) began crafting his musical style at the age of 12, exploring a second-hand piano acquired by his parents, finding inspiration in his family's stories. His teenage formal training encompassed rigorous study in Western classical composition, music theory, and Swedish folk traditions, while his creative pursuits extended into indie-pop as a performer and co-writer for the Gothenburg-based band Futile. Alongside these foundations, an immersion in diverse South American musical heritage further shaped his artistic identity, resulting in a distinctive compositional voice.

During his academic years, Matias studied and practiced contemporary, electroacoustic and atonal art forms for films, instillations and theater. His professional career features significant collaborations, including work with directors Adam Harris, Aline Juarez, and Kirsten Burger, alongside multiple engagements with the prestigious Deutsche Film Orchester Babelsberg and The Thuringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. Recent notable projects encompass his contemporary orchestral compositions for Schiller-Theater Rudolstadt's Theater play Das Leben Ein Traum (Mario Holetzeck), the collaborative sound installation Prototype_2 (with Aljoša Dakić) presented at the Akademie der Künste Berlin (2025), and his contribution as film composer to Jakob Michal’s film Tough Moves, longlisted for the 2025 BAFTA Student Awards.  ii

Matias maintains a multidisciplinary practice in Berlin, combining film composition and sound artistry, and finishing a master's degree at Konrad Wolf Film University Babelsberg under Professors Ulrich Reuter, Elias Karim Sebastian and Jörg Iwer
He has achieved recognition as a finalist in the 2024 Berlin International Film Scoring Competition and the Composer Summit Prague as well as grands from Franz Grothe Stiftung and STIBET, affirming his position within the industry of contemporary film and art music. 

• • • Longlisted for BAFTA Student Awards

    • Award Winner for Kurzsuechtig Wettbewerb für Filmmusik

    • STIBET Stipendium für besonderes gesellschaftliches Engagement

    • Finalist for Composer Summit Prague Film Scoring Competition

    • Nachwuchsstipendium für Filmmusik der Franz Grothe Stiftung

    • Finalist for Berlin international Film Scoring Competition