Composers

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 ...

Played by the best orchestras, ensembles and soloists, his music reflects a powerful sense of drama. The variety of rhythms and sounds, the combination of lyrical and percussive moments, give to his compositions a unique intensity.

Oliver Kentish was born in London and studied the cello at The Royal Academy of Music where his teacher was Vivian Joseph. In 1977 he came to Iceland to play in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. From 1978-1986 he taught at the Akureyri Music School and now teaches at Nyja Tónlistarskólin...

Hafdís Bjarnadóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 17 August 1977. She started playing electric guitar at the age of 12 with the focus on rock and folk music, playing with bands and writing her own music. She graduated in jazz guitar performance from the FÍH School of Music, Icela...

Tómas R. Einarsson was born March 25th, 1953, in Blönduós, Iceland. His first composition appeared on record in 1982 and he wrote most of the compositions on the LP “Dessi ófétis jazz” (1985), and has since been active as a composer as well as a bassist. Besides his 13 records as ...

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...

Gísli Jóhann Grétarsson is a composer and conductor living in Oslo, Norway, and working in the field of contemporary music making and composing. With nature as inspiration and using his adventure like narrative style as the foundation, he paints pictures with music. He has for the la...