Arngunnur Árnadóttir

Arngunnur Árnadóttir is a musician and writer. After studying clarinet playing with Einar Jóhannesson at the Iceland University of the Arts and Ralf Forster and Wenzel Fuchs at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin she was appointed as principal clarinetist at the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in 2012.

Arngunnur enjoys various forms of music making. She has played chamber music at events such as the opening of Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík and the music festival Reykjavík Midsummer Music and has performed with artists such as Skúli Sverrisson and Víkingur Ólafsson. Arngunnur has also received attention as a soloist with orchestra, working with conductors such as Daníel Bjarnason and Cornelius Meister.

As a writer, Arngunnur has produced two books of poetry and a novel. Her latest book, Ský til að gleyma, came out in fall 2018.