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Sumartónleika- bćklingur 2010 Nánari upplýsingar um röđina í heild veitir Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir í síma 553 2906 og hér |
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Sergio og Benedikt |
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Benedikt Kristjánsson er fćddur á Húsavík áriđ 1987. Hann hóf söngnám 16 ára gamall, fyrst viđ Söngskólann í Reykjavík, en síđar Tónlistarskólann í Reykjavík undir handleiđslu Margrétar Bóasdóttur. Benedikt söng í kórum Menntaskólans viđ Hamrahlíđ í rúm 6 ár og fór međ í söngferđir til Ţýskalands, Kanada, Danmerkur og Kína. Hann tók ţátt í Bach-Woche í Stuttgart áriđ 2007 og söng hlutverk Guđspjallamannsins í Johannesarpassíu Heinrich Schütz í Heidelberg í apríl 2008. Hann var einsöngvari í As-dúr messu Schuberts sem flutt var í Mývatnssveit sumariđ 2009. Hann stundar nú nám hjá Scot Weir prófessor viđ Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler í Berlín í Ţýskalandi.
Sergio Coto-Blanco er fćddur 1985 í Costa Rica og hóf gítarnám 12 ára gamall viđ Universidad de Costa Rica. Hann stundađi nám í tónsmíđum hjá Otto Castro prófessor viđ Akademi ArteKorum í Costa Rica og áriđ 2005 frumflutti skólahljómsveit Universidad de Costa Rica tónverk hans fyrir strengjasveit, píanó og gítar. Á árunum 2006–08 stundađi hann nám í gítarleik viđ Hochschule für Musik í Karlsruhe í Ţýskalandi hjá Boris Bagger prófessor. Síđan ţá hefur Sergio veriđ nemandi Eugenia Kanthou prófessor í gítarleik viđ Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler í Berlín.
Benedikt og Sergio tóku ţátt í Internationaler Wettbewerb für Kammermusik mit Gitarre í Aschaffenburg í Ţýskalandi í mars 2010 og lentu ţar í 3. sćti.
Guitar, voice and Benjamin Britten
Benedikt Kristjánsson tenor and Sergio Coto-Blanco
guitar in Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum next Tuesday evening at 20:30.
Folk song arrangements and the cycle Songs from the Chinese by Benjamin Britten. Also music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Enrique Granados, John Dowland and Franz Schubert.
Born in 1987, tenor Benedikt Kristjánsson began his
studies as a classical singer at the age of 16 at the Reykjavík Academy of
Singing and Vocal Arts, and later at the Reykjavík College of Music under the
guidance of Margrét Bóasdóttir. While studying in Iceland he was a member of the
highly acclaimed youth choir, Hamrahlíđarkór, giving concerts in Iceland,
Denmark, Germany, Canada and China.
In
2007 Benedikt participated in the Bach-Woche in Stuttgart with conductor Helmuth
Rilling, and in 2008 he sang the Evangelist in Johannes-passion by
Heinrich Schütz in Heidelberg. He was a soloist in Schubert's A-flat major Mass
held at ‘Music at Mývatn’, Iceland 2009. Currently he studies with Professor
Scot Weir at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.
Sergio Coto-Blanco was born in Costa
Rica in 1985 and began studying the guitar at the age of 12 at the Universidad
de Costa Rica. Later he studied composition with professor Otto Castro in
Akademi ArteKorum and in 2005 the Universidad de Costa Rica Orchestra
premiered a work of his for Piano, Guitar and Strings.
From 2006 Sergio studied the guitar at the Hochschule für
Musik in Karlsruhe with professor Boris Bagger until he moved to Berlin in 2008
where he currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler with
Professor Eugenia Kanthou.
In March 2010 Benedikt and Sergio received third prize in the International Competition for Chamber Music with Guitar in Aschaffenburg, Germany.