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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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Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum, Reykjavík |
Arngunnur, Greta and Hákon |
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version of the program. For the Press: Further information on the concert
available at Arngunnur tel (354) 661 6212
or Hákon tel (354) 848 9584 |
Arngunnur Árnadóttir studied the clarinet with Kjartan
Óskarsson at the Reykjavík College of Music and Einar Jóhannesson at the Iceland
Academy of the Arts. In 2008 she was accepted at the Hochschule für Musik
Hanns Eisler Berlin, where she studies with Ralf Forster, principal
clarinetist of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, and Wenzel Fuchs, principal
clarinetist of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
She has
performed solo concerts with the Reykjavík College of Music Orchestra and twice
with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra; the second time she played Debussy's
Premičre Rhapsodie, after winning the orchestra's Young Soloists'
Competition. Arngunnur freelances with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and
performs with Ísafold Chamber Orchestra and the Icelandic pop band
Hjaltalín.
Greta Salóme started her musical studies at the age of 4 at the Suzuki
School of Iceland and later the Allegro Suzuki School with Lilja Hjaltadóttir.
At 13 she attended the Reykjavík College of Music to study with Guđný
Guđmundsdóttir and she also spent a year in Florida, studying with Routa
Kroumouvitch at Stetson University. In 2008 she graduated from the Iceland
Academy of the Arts and the following season he was a member of the Iceland
Symphony Orchestra.
Greta Salóme has done various
musical projects both on the classical and non-classical music field and this
fall she will pursue her master's degree in music.
Hákon Bjarnason started playing the piano at the age of 9. His main
teachers were Jónas Sen at the New Music School, and Halldór Haraldsson at the
Reykjavík College of Music and the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Hákon graduated
with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Academy in the spring of 2008,
receiving the highest grade. Since the autumn of 2008 Hákon has been studying in
Berlin with Jürgen Schröder and Klaus Bässler. This fall, Hákon will start his
studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory with professor Marcel
Baudet.
In October 2009 Hákon won the EPTA-Iceland piano
competition in the oldest participants' category. As a result, the Icelandic
National Broadcasting Service recorded three pieces performed by Hákon and
broadcast on New Year's Day 2010. He had won the other two categories of the
competition in 2000 and 2003. As one of the prize winners of the Young
Soloists' Competition in the autumn of 2007 he played Prokofiev's First
Piano Concerto with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in January
2008.