Composers

Gísli Magnússon is a composer and music theory teacher from Reykjavík, Iceland. He frequently seeks inspiration in the nature of his home country, and in some of his works he deliberately depicts natural phenomena, such as waterfalls, lava-fields and geysers. A recurring element in his...

Halldór Smárason was born in Iceland in 1989. He completed an Advanced Level Piano Examination in the spring of 2009 concurrently with his college graduation, and holds a B.A.-degree in composition from the Iceland Academy of the Arts and an M.M.-degree in classical composition from the ...

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...

Hjálmar has been active as a composer in Iceland since his return in 1980 from studies in the US and the Netherlands. His work ranges from shorter solo compositions to larger symphonic works, from lieder and choir works to musicals and opera. Also, he has composed music for dance and thea...

Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1976. He studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music from 1997 - 2001 with Kjartan Olafsson and Atli H. Sveinsson. In 1999-2000 he went as an exchange student to study with Krzysztof Meyer at the Musikhochschule in C...

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 ...

Sigurður Sævarsson (b. 1963) studied singing at the Keflavík School of Music, in Iceland, with Árni Sighvatsson before moving to the New Music School in Reykjavík, where his teachers were Sigurður Demetz and Alina Dubik. In 1994, Sigurður commenced studies in singing and composition...