Composers

Egill Gunnarsson studied guitar with Snorri Snorrason, composition with Snorri S. Birgisson and Haukur Tómasson, and singing with Elísabet Erlingsdóttir and Rut L. Magnússon, at the Reykjavík College of Music from 1985-98. In 2000 he moved to Italy, where he took further studies in c...

Atli Ingólfsson was born in Iceland on August 21, 1962. He received his first music education in the native town of Njardvik, studying guitar and harmony, and had already composed a couple of small pieces before moving to Reykjavík where he entered the theory and composition department o...

Sigurður Árni Jónsson is an Icelandic composer and conductor residing in Sweden.

Helgi R. Ingvarsson is a composer based in Brighton, England and Reykjavik, Iceland. His music is premiered and performed in e.g. the Nordic countries and Great Britain and among his works are a whole host of choral works, art songs, instrumental works for chamber groups and seven operas t...

Composer Thurídur Jónsdóttir explores new soundscapes in her compositions. She creates various types of both orchestral pieces and chamber music. Many of her compositions include electronics, or multimedia, others might include extended techniques, theatrical performances, nature sounds...

Jón Ásgeirsson attended the Reykjavík College of Music, studying with Árni Kristjánsson, Dr. Victor Urbancic and Jón Thórarinsson. He continued his education at the Royal Scottish College of Music in Glasgow, and at the Guildhall School of Music in London. In 1996, he was appointed ...

Born in Reykjavík 1962, Sveinn Lúðvík studied classical guitar, piano and singing at TSDK and the Reykjavík College of Music and then for two years, at The Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. After returning to Iceland he studied composition at the Reykjavík College of Music...

Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir completed a B.A. degree in composition from the Reykjavík College of Music in 1989. She continued her studies in Hamburg with Professor Günther Friedrichs, and in Copenhagen with Dr. Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen. Hildigunnur has sung in a number of choirs, among t...

John A. Speight was born in England in 1945. He studied singing and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London from 1964 - 1972. During this time he also studied composition privately with Richard Rodney Bennett. In 1972 he moved to Iceland and has lived there since, ...