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María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir (b. 1980) is a composer and a violinist.

Hailing from the peripheries of Iceland, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir “elemental style” (Steve Smith, The New Yorker) follows inner logics when approaching composition, often integrating sound and other phenomena into an indivisible whole - creating mutable, breathing, living structures...

Composer, jazz musician, percussionist, teacher. He is the first Icelandic composer who, from the start of his artistic career, has been mainly attracted to jazz. After World War II he played as a vibraphone player in many different Icelandic groups. He was also percussionist in the Icelan...

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...

Gunnar Karel was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1984. He started studying music at an early age and has played a diverse range of instruments. 
As a composer Gunnar mainly focuses on chamber music as he finds that his music gets the attention it deserves in smaller setups.
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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...

Bára Grímsdóttir commenced her musical studies when she was seven years old. In 1983 she graduated from the department of Music Education at the Reykjavík College of Music. She studied composition with Karólína Eiríksdóttir at the Kópavogur College of Music and with Atli Heimir Sv...