Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
- composer -
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
- composer -
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
- composer -
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
- composer -
Lighthouse
Parallax+Bjarnadóttir is a collaboration between Norwegian improv trio Parallax and composer/electric guitarist Hafdís Bjarnadóttir. Lighthouse consists of compositions based on selected field recordings from Icelandic nature previously released on Bjarnadóttir’s album Sounds of Iceland.
The name of each piece is the location where the field recording was made.Are Lothe Kolbeinsen: guitar, Stian Omenås: trumpet and percussion, Ulrik Ibsen Thorsrud: percussion, Hafdís Bjarnadóttir: guitarOrder here
With a reputation for genre-busting eclecticism, composer and guitarist Hafdís Bjarnadóttir draws from a myriad of influences ranging from the blues to contemporary classical. While always remaining 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. A native of Reykjavík, 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. She lives and works in Reykjavík.
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With a reputation for genre-busting eclecticism, composer and guitarist Hafdís Bjarnadóttir draws from a myriad of influences ranging from the blues to contemporary classical.While always remaining 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.A native of Reykjavík, 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. She lives and works in Reykjavík.
CV/RÉSUMÉ
With a reputation for genre-busting eclecticism, composer and guitarist Hafdís Bjarnadóttir draws from a myriad of influences ranging from the blues to contemporary classical. While always remaining 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.
A native of Reykjavík, 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. She lives and works in Reykjavík.
CV/RÉSUMÉ
With a reputation for genre-busting eclecticism, composer and guitarist Hafdís Bjarnadóttir draws from a myriad of influences ranging from the blues to contemporary classical.
While always remaining 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.
A native of Reykjavík, 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 Artss and a master’s degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music. She lives and works in Reykjavík.
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