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A native of Reykjavík, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir started playing electric guitar in her early teens and graduated in jazz guitar performance from the city’s leading jazz school, the FÍH School of Music. Keen to develop her compositional voice, she earned a bachelor’s degree in contemporary composition from the Iceland University of the Arts and a master’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

As well as distinctive and personal, her style has been described as a melting pot of jazz, folk, rock, classical, pop, avant-garde/experimental, classical and “local music from out there.” Her second solo album, JÆJA, received critical acclaim and was nominated for the 2009 Iceland Music Awards. Her most recent solo album, Já, received the coveted Kraumur Music Award in 2017 and was nominated for best alternative album and best alternative song/composition at the Icelandic Music Awards. In 2022, she received a prize from the Kristján Eldjárn Memorial Fund. Bjarnadóttir lives and works in Reykjavík.

Curriculum Vitae (selected)

Education

2009 MA in Music Composition, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007 BA in Music Composition, The Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland

2002 Graduation in jazz guitar performance, FÍH School of Music. Reykjavík, Iceland

Selected premieres, performances and festivals

2024

Mudlarking, premiered by the Reykjavik Big Band at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Little by little, performed by Svanur Vilbergsson at Casa de la Guitarra, Copenhagen

Hyrnan V, premiered by the ensemble CAPUT at the Dark Music Days festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Romsa, performed by Stirni Ensemble at the Dark Music Days festival, Salurinn, Kópavogur

2023

Monstro City, performed by Tríó Ítríó at Listasafn Sigurjóns, Reykjavik

Hyrnan IV, released on the album Sähkökitarakvartetti III, by Sähkökitarakvartetti

Interdependence, premiered by the Reykjavík Big Band at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík

Hide and Seek, happening/composition for the Klais organ in Hallgrímskirkja Church, Reykjavík. Collaboration with the Intelligent Instruments Lab

Little by Little, premiered by classical guitarist Svanur Vilbergsson in Kópavogur, Iceland

Mannvirki, original score for a film by Gústav Geir Bollason. The film was premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, followed by screenings around the world

2022

Performed at the MENGI performance space, Reykjavík, with the Intelligent Instruments Lab, improvisation with AI technology

Monstro City premiered by Tríó Ítríó in Copenhagen, Denmark

2021

Dispersal, premiered by flutist Pamela De Sensi at the Nordic House in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Sheep Music, happenings and concerts with Passepartout Duo around Iceland in July and August

Troll Blues, performed by the Reykjavik Big Band at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Performed at the MENGI performance space with pianist Ingi Bjarni Skúlason as part of his concert series “In Duo With”

2020

Á báðum áttum performed by the Reykjavík Big Band at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík

Performed in the installation piece Meira ástandið (Quite the Situation) by INKI (Ingibjörg Friðriksdóttir), for the Reykjavík Arts Festival

Lighthouse, performance of an album of six compositions by Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Are Lothe Kolbeinsen, Stian Omenås and Ulrik Ibsen Thorsrud. Release concert at the Reykjavík Jazz Festival, 30 August, at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík

Sumar, composition released on the album Botanisk hage by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi and performed by the group at various venues in Norway

Performed in the award-winning animated short film Yes-People (Já-fólkið) by Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Performed on the album Sinfónía by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

Hyrnan IV performed by Sähkökitarakvartetti at Fylkingen, Stockholm

2019

Hyrnan IV performed by Sähkökitarakvartetti at Mengi, Reykjavík

Hyrnan IV (for electric guitar quartet), composed for Sähkökitarakvartetti, premiered at Sattuma-klubi, Helsinki, Finland

DELux at Puca Festival in Drogheda, Ireland. Soundscape for a light installation, in collaboration with Anton Kaldal, Declan Kelly and Els Borghart. Curated by Curated Place

KR-Grindavík (for cello, percussion and ondes Martenot), composed for the Krumbuktus trio, premiered at the KLANG Copenhagen Avant-Garde Music Festival, Copenhagen

Á báðum áttum, revised and arranged for a jazz big band, premiered by The Reykjavik Big Band at the Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík

DELux at the Winter Lights Festival in Reykjavik, Iceland. Soundscape for a light installation, in collaboration with Anton Kaldal, visuals by Pekka Stokke. Curated by Curated Place and Einkofi Productions

Woodstock Revisited (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion), composed for Standing Wave, premiered at the VSO New Music Festival, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, Canada

2018

Hikk! performed by Todo Art Trio at the NOSPR Concert Hall, Katowice, Poland

Gítardúett, arranged for guitar and cello, performed by Duo Vitare at the Concert Hall of the Chamber Orchestra Archetti, Jaworzno, Poland

DELux at the Vökudagar Festival in Akranes, Iceland. Soundscape for a light installation, in collaboration with Anton Kaldal, Ingrid Solvik, Reidun Solvik and Parallax. Curated by Curated Place and Einkofi Productions

Iceland tour with Norwegian improv trio Parallax (Northern Wave Film Festival, Rif, Snæfellsnes; Húsafell Church, Húsafell; Akranes Lighthouse, Akranes; Mengi, Reykjavík)

Romsa (for soprano, flute, clarinet and guitar), composed for Stirni Ensemble, premiered at the Hljóðön concert series, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

DELux at the Factory Light Festival in Slemmestad, Norway. Soundscape for a light installation, in collaboration with Anton Kaldal, Ingrid Solvik and Reidun Solvik. Curated by Curated Place and Einkofi Productions

A Northern Year (for piano/keyboards, percussion and electronics), composed for Passepartout Duo, premiered at the Summartónar Festival, Fuglafjørður, Faroe Islands

Sveitaborg, sounds for a sound installation by Tulle Ruth, premiered at the Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sveitin (for oboe and electronics), composed for Eydís Franzdóttir, premiered at the 15:15 concert series at the Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland

Ást þín… (Parts 1 and 2) and Drykkfelld kona, arrangement for strings by Sigrún Jónsdóttir, performed by Íslenskir strengir at the Safnahúsið Culture House, Reykjavik, Iceland

2017

Krónan, performed by Standing Wave at the ISCM World Music Days, Vancouver, Canada

Hyrnan III (for open instrumentation and electronics), composed for Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (electric guitar), Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (slide flute + knitting pins) and Berglind María Tómasdóttir (lokkur + flute), premiered at the Deilt með tveimur festival, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

Improvisation using spinning wheels and electronics at the Árbæjarsafn Open Air Museum, as part of S.L.A.T.U.R.’s Sláturtíð Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sumar, performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz, Austria

Sumar, (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and electronics), composed for Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, premiered at the Ultima festival, Oslo, Norway

Dettifoss talar, performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at Húsafell Church, Mengi and Bókakaffið Selfossi (Iceland tour)

Dettifoss talar, performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at Periferien #3, Sentralen, Oslo, Norway

Concert of Hafdís and Band at Mengi, Reykjavik, Iceland. Premiere of new pieces and arrangements for two electric guitars, electric bass, drum set, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, trumpet, viola and harpsichord

Hikk!, performed by Trio Amerise at its members’ graduation concert at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark

Já!, performed by bassoonist Kristín Mjöll Jakobsdóttir at Mengi, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wind Roses, performed by the Uusinta Ensemble at the Musica Nova Festival, Helsinki

Já, performed by bassoonist Kristín Mjöll Jakobsdóttir at the Dark Music Days festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

2016

Film music for the short film The Dog with the Woman, directed by Phoebe Arnstein and Stephen Ledger-Lomas

Nørrebro - Ísland,(for open instrumentation of 5+ performers), written for the SCENATET Ensemble for Art & Music (based on the piece Gamla hverfið mitt/Mit gamle kvarter from 2014), premiered at Nordic Music Days, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

Installation sounds for the Askur Maze by Huldufugl, Reykjavik, Iceland

Performed (electric guitar) with Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir and Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir at Mengi and at the Iceland Airwaves festival, both in Reykjavik, Iceland

Performed (electric guitar) with Benni Hemm at Mengi, Reykjavik, Iceland

Wind Roses(for flute, clarinet, viola, cello, double bass, piano and electronics), composed for Uusinta Ensemble, premiered at the KLANG Copenhagen Avant-Garde Music Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Installation sounds for the blanClass Exhibition in Yokohama, Japan

Febrúardagur (A Day in February) performed by Sigurður Halldórsson (Halldorophone) and Flemming Viðar Valmundsson (accordion) at the Tectonics Music Festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sveimur (Swarm), an installation performance piece for 70+ performers, premiered by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and students at the Iceland University of the Arts at the Tectonics Music Festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

Hikk!, performed by Trio Amerise on tour in Iceland

Troll Blues(for two electric guitars and piano), composed for guitarist Pétur Jónasson, pianist Vanesa Santanach and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, premiered at the Passauer Saiten festival in Passau, Germany

Já!,performed by bassoonist Kristín Mjöll Jakobsdóttir at the Dark Music Days festival, Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

2015

Dettifoss talar, performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at the SOUND of Music concert series at Blå Grotte, Oslo, Norway

Improvisation concert together with the Norwegian trio Parallax at Mengi, Reykjavík

Augnablik (for viola, trombone and electronics), written for the ensemble Kúbus, premiered at Dark Music Days, Reykjavík, Iceland

2014

Sólheimajökull and Dettifoss (for flute, bassoon, clarinet, violin and electronics), written for the trio Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, premiered at the Sláturtíð festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

Gamla hverfið mitt/Mit gamle kvarter (for flute, violin, trombone, saxophone, vibraphone and electronics), written for SCENATET, premiered at Astrid Noacks Atelier, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hikk! (for flute, clarinet and bassoon), written for Trio Amerise, premiered at the Embassy of Iceland in Copenhagen, Denmark

Waking the City Statues, sounds for a light installation by the Icelandic Light Art Group, premiered at the opening of the Winter Lights Festival, Einar Jónsson Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Melancholic tune (for flute, clarinet, violin and electronics), written for the trio Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, premiered at Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden

Sólheimajökull and Dettifoss performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at NyMusikk, Oslo, Norway

Hikk! performed by Trio Amerise at various venues during Iceland tour

Melancholic tune performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi at various venues during Norway tour

Melancholic tune performed by Tøyen Fil og Klafferi and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at Drivhuset musikkverksted, Oslo, Norway


2013

Jólastökur (for mixed choir), Christmas song commissioned by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, written for Hljómeyki Chamber Choir, premiered on radio and television, Reykjavík, Iceland

Á báðum áttum (for flute, clarinet and percussion), written for Ensemble neoN, premiered at the Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland

Tónar úr eldhúsi minninganna performed by Hljómeyki, Ragnar Emilsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at Dark Music Days, Reykjavík, Iceland

Krónan performed by the ensemble CAPUT and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

Tónar úr eldhúsi minninganna performed by Hljómeyki, Ragnar Emilsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at Skálholt, Iceland

Á báðum áttum performed by Ensemle neoN at various venues during Iceland and Norway tours


2012

Já! (for bassoon and electronics), written for Kristín Mjöll Jakobsdóttir, premiered at the Sláturtíð festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

Tónar úr eldhúsi minninganna (‘Tones from the Kitchen of Memories’) (for mixed choir, electric guitar and acoustic guitar), written for Hljómeyki Chamber Choir, Ragnar Emilsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, premiered at Skálholt, Iceland

Incandescent Light Bulb Memorial Project, sounds for a light installation by Kristján Kristjánsson, premiered at the DesignMarch festival, Toppstöðin, Reykjavík, Iceland

Hyrnan II (Þórdísarhyrna, 13.-37. umferð) (for piano), written for Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir, premiered at Dark Music Days, Reykjavík, Iceland

From Beacon to Beacon performed by Nordic Affect at Dark Music Days, Reykjavík, Iceland

Clam performed by the ensembles Fengjastrútur/Skmendanikka and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at the Tectonics festival, Reykjavík, Iceland

Improvisation piece performed by Ole-Henrik Moe, Kari Rønnekleiv and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at the SPOR festival, commissioned by the festival, Aarhus, Denmark

Krónan performed by Norbotten NEO and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir at Nordic Music Days, Stockholm, Sweden

Já! performed by Anrijs Ivanovskis at the Sonic festival, Copenhagen, Denmark


2011

Fjöll (‘Mountains’) (for harp, percussion and accordion), written for Dúó Harpverk and Erica Roozendaal, premiered at the Við Djúpið festival, Ísafjörður, Iceland

Febrúardagur (‘A Day in February’) (for halldorophone and accordion), written for Sandra Ósk Snæbjörnsdóttir and Paula Engel, commissioned by Halldór Úlfarsson, premiered at the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík

Ást þín… (Part 2) (for baritone, violin, cello, accordion and piano), poem by Einar Már Guðmundsson, written for Fimm í Tangó, premiered at the National Centre for Cultural Heritage, Reykjavík, Iceland

From Beacon to Beacon (for baroque cello, baroque violin, harpsichord and electronics), written for Nordic Affect, premiered at the Early Monday concert series, Copenhagen, Denmark

Improvisation piece performed by Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Sólrún Sumarliðadóttir, Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, Björgvin Gíslason, Frank Aarnink, Katie Buckley, Erica Roozendaal and Borgar Magnússon at Nordic Music Days. Commissioned by the festival. Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland

Ást þín… (Parts 1 and 2) and Drykkfelld kona performed by Fimm í Tangó at various venues around Iceland


2010

Ást þín… (Part 1) (for baritone, violin, cello, accordion and piano), poem by Einar Már Guðmundsson, written for Fimm í Tangó, premiered at Café Rosenberg, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sounds of New Nordic Landscapes, sound installation commissioned by the Danish Architecture Centre for the New Nordic Landscapes exhibition at the Nordic Lighthouse, Shanghai, China

Drykkfelld kona (for baritone, violin, cello, accordion and piano), poem by Einar Már Guðmundsson, written for Fimm í Tangó, premiered at Salurinn, Kópavogur, Iceland

Sounds of New Nordic Landscapes, sound installation featured in the travelling exhibition Man-Made Environment, Oslo and Copenhagen

Hildarleikur performed by Aino Juutilainen at NeuZeit festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Þórdísarhyrna 1.-12. umferð (Thordis Fichu, row 1-12) performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Reykjavík, Iceland

Krónan performed by the ensemble CAPUT at Sölvhóll, Reykjavík, Iceland

JÆJA release concert at Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland

Electric guitar solo concert as part of the Nordic House Christmas Calendar series, the Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland

Electric guitar solo concert at Det Poetiske Bureau, Copenhagen, Denmark


2009

Aftur (for pipe organ), written for Johannes Unger as part of studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (RDAM), premiered at the Copenhagen International Organ Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Music for minne m'in:e m:a, music for dance choreography by Maria Mattson as part of studies at RDAM, written for Erica Roozendaal, premiered at the Danish National School of Performing Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark

Krónan (for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion), written for the Esbjerg Ensemble as part of studies at RDAM, premiered at RDAM in Copenhagen, Denmark

Risaeðla performed by students from the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, at UNM festival, Gothenburgh, Sweden

Krónan performed by Esbjerg Ensemble at the Royal Academy of Music, London, as part of studies at RDAM

Improvisation performance with Thomas Block (ondes Martenot), Justine Chen (zheng), Jocelyn Mienniel (flute and electronics) and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (electric guitar) at 4 à table, Societé de Curiosites, Paris, France


2008

Þórdísarhyrna, 1.-12. umferð (Thordis Fichu, row 1-12) (for symphony orchestra), written for Aalborg Symphony Orchestra as part of studies at RDAM, premiered in Aalborg, Denmark

Expeditionen 08, improvisation performance with Carl Bergstrøm-Nilsen, Maria Laurette Friis, Anders Fillipsen, Henrik Sundh, Camilla Barratt-Due, Kresten Osgood, Johanna Borchert, Elena Setién and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, Kristianshavn Beboerhus, Copenhagen, Denmark


2007

Clam (for alto flute, accordion, percussion and electric guitar), written for Julius Ditlevsen, Camilla Barratt-Due, Páll Hermannsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir as part of studies at RDAM, premiered at RDAM, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hildarleikur (for solo cello), written for Hildur Heimisdóttir as part of studies ad RDAM, premiered at RDAM, Copenhagen, Denmark

Þjóðlag frá Egóistan (‘Folk Song from Egoistan’) (for viola and cello), written for Dúó Ríma, premiered at the Folk Music Festival, Siglufjörður, Iceland

Risaeðla (for chamber orchestra), written for the ensemble CAPUT as part of studies at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, premiered at the Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland


2006

Vindur og vissa (for soprano and piano), written for Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, premiered in Reykjavík, Iceland

Gítardúett (for electric guitar and acoustic guitar), written for Ragnar Emilsson and Hafdís Bjarnadóttir, premiered in Reykjavík, Iceland

Performed with own band at the rock festival Aldrei fór ég suður, Ísafjörður, Iceland


2005

Various concerts with own band and others in Iceland


2004

Various concerts with own band and others in Iceland


2003

Performed with own band at Kunsträdgården, Stockholm, as a part of a festival of Icelandic music

Toured the UK with own band


Audio and video releases

2023

Hyrnan IV, composition released on the album III by Finnish electric guitar quartet Sähkökitarakvartetti


2020

Lighthouse, a collaboration album with Norwegian improv trio Parallax

Sumar, piece on the album Botanisk hage by Norwegian quartet Tøyen Fil og Klafferi

Mánudans (Mo(o)ndance), video by Dagrún Aðalsteinsdóttir, self-released


2019

A Northern Year, composition for Passepartout Duo, chosen as one of the Year’s Best Winter Music by A Closer Listen

A Northern Year, performed by Passepartout Duo, self-released (audio and video)


2017

Tunglsjúkar nætur, video by Laura Matikainen, self-released

Já!, a solo CD of compositions mixing styles and instruments from different traditions, performed by various ensembles and musicians, self-released


2015

Já!, piece on the album Ferðalag - Íslensk fagotttónlist by bassoonist Kristín Mjöll Jakobsdóttir, released on Smekkleysa/Bad Taste Records, Iceland

From Beacon to Beacon, piece on the album Clockworking by the Nordic Affect ensemble, released on Sono Luminus, USA

Sounds of Iceland, an album of field recordings from Icelandic nature, released on Gruenrekorder, Germany


2011

Three pieces for Fimm í Tangó on the CD Fimm í Tangó, released by Fimm í Tangó


2009

Jæja, a solo CD of compositions mixing styles and instruments from different traditions, performed by Steinunn Gyðu- og Guðjónsdóttir (recorders), Grímur Helgason (clarinet and bass clarinet), Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (trumpet), Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir (violin and viola), Sandra Ósk Snæbjörnsdóttir (cello), Ragnar Emilsson (guitar and electric bass), Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (electric guitar and electric bass) and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen (drums), released by Hafdís Bjarnadóttir


2002

, a solo CD of compositions mixing styles and instruments from different traditions, performed by Erna Blöndal (soprano), Sigurður Halldórsson (countertenor), Guðlaugur Viktorsson (tenor), Eiríkur Hreinn Helgason (bass), Grímur Helgason (clarinet and bass clarinet), Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson (trumpet), Szymon Kuran (violin), Elísabet Waage (harp), Ragnar Emilsson (guitars), Þorgrímur Jónsson (double bass and electric bass), Kristinn Snær Agnarsson (drums), released on the label Smekkleysa/Bad Taste Records


Honours/miscellaneous

2022

Prize from the Kristján Eldjárn Memorial Fund

2018

Tunglsjúkar nætur,video by Laura Matikainen, nominated for awards at the Northern Wave Film Festival, Rif, Iceland

Já,nominated for the Iceland Music Awards (best album and best song in the “open” category)


2017

The album received the Kraumur Music Awards


2014

Composer-in-residence at Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm

Composer-in-residence at Astrid Noacks Atelier, Copenhagen


2013

Composer-in-residence at Elektronmusikstudion, Stockholm


2012

Composer-in-residence at Skálholt Summer Concert Series, Iceland


2011

A Day in February selected by the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service for the 58th International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in Vienna, Austria


2010

Nominated in two categories for the Icelandic Music Prize 2009: Jazz Album of the Year (Jæja) and Composer of the Year

1st prize in a dance-and-song-competition, organised by the composers’ collective S.L.Á.T.U.R. and the Keðja Dance Festival, piece (without title) performed by Orphix Ostra and audience, Reykjavík


2009

Þórdísarhyrna 1.-12. umferð selected for the young composers’ symposium with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Reykjavík, Iceland

Invited to join the Icelandic composers collective S.L.Á.T.U.R.


Grants

2023

The RÚV and STEF Composers’ Fund


2022

The RÚV and STEF Composers’ Fund

The Kristján Eldjárn Memorial Fund


2021

Six-months’ stipend from the Icelandic Artist’s Salary Fund


2020

The Icelandic Music Fund (Tónlistarsjóður)

The Nordic Culture Fund

Nordic Culture Point


2019

The Icelandic Sheet Music Fund (Nótnasjóður STEFs)

The RÚV and STEF Composers’ Fund


2018

Artist’s Salary for 6 months
The RÚV and STEF Composers’ Fund


2017

The Travel Fund (Ferðasjóður STEFs)
The RÚV and STEF Composers’ Fund


2016

Cultural Fund of the Icelandic Musicians Union (Menningarsjóður FÍH)
Music Recording Fund (Hljóðritasjóður)
The Icelandic National Broadcasting Services Composers’ Fund


2015

The Recording Fund (Upptökusjóður STEFs)


2014

Kulturkontakt Nord

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Services Composers’ Fund

Danish International Visiting Arts Programme


2013

Kulturkontakt Nord


2012

Musica Nova, Music Innovation Fund in Iceland

The Icelandic Association of Composers and Holders of Copyright Travel Grant


2011

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Services Composers’ Fund


2010

Kraumur Music Fund ‒ a grant for collecting and publishing sounds from Icelandic nature

The Icelandic Association of Composers and Holders of Copyright Travel Grant

Cultural Fund of the Icelandic Musicians Union (Menningarsjóður FÍH)


2009

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Services Composers’ Fund

Grants Scheme for Students at the Royal Danish Academy of Music (Fælleslegat for studerende ved DKDM)

Anders and Hanne Månsson Memorial Fund


2007

Glitnir Bank Young Musicians’ Grant


2003

Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Music Fund

Cultural Fund of the Icelandic Musicians Union (Menningarsjóður FÍH)


Teaching and lectures

2016- Examiner for the Music Master for New Audiences and Innovative Practice (NAIP) at the Iceland Academy of the Arts

2012- Part-time lecturer in composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts

2010- Examiner for BA in Music Composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts

2009- Guitar teacher at Árbær Music School

1999-2006 Guitar teacher at Árbær Music School

1999-2001 Music theory teacher at Garðabær Music School



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