My slight return to the US
A friend wrote an email and asked me if I could come in a month to play in upstate New York. The time frame was a bit short. I asked another friend if he wanted...
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29 Gígjas in the Faroe Islands
After the premier of Horpma III (for 27 plucked string instruments in just intonation) on the first Tectonics Festival in Harpa in the year 2012 me and Halldór ...
Landvættirnar – fjögur tónverk frumflutt – þrennir tónleikar í Mengi
Landvættirnar eftir Guðmund Stein Gunnarsson í Mengi laugardaginn 6. febrúar klukkan 20, sunnudaginn 7. febrúar klukkan 20 og miðvikudaginn 10. febrúar klukkan ...
The Barrels and the BBC
I met Halldór Úlfarsson in 2003. Then he had just made his first “punk-fiddle” which later evolved into his famous Halldorophone. In 2013 however, he introduced...
Music Video
. . . and there’s a music video! Sam T. Rees (or studio CAPS LOCK ON MY BLACK HOLE) made the cover to the sinfonia L.P. and CD on Carrier Records + numero...
On Sinfonia (4th mov. – The People)
Ensemble Fengjastrútur on the evening of March 8th 2019 premier and the recording session two days later, consisted (as usually) of an eclectic combination of v...
On Sinfonia (3rd mov. – Art Works)
The Worcestershirean artist Sam T. Rees and I have worked together for a few years and we’ve made some record covers together. Well, it’s his record...
On Sinfonia (2nd movement – Music)
The Fengjastrútur concert in Mengi was going to have several older pieces and maybe one or two new ones. The new one grew into a symphony of sorts. Consequently...
On Sinfonia (1st movement – History)
Sinfonia for Ensemble Fengjastrútur Sinfonia is a symphony of sorts, written for the experimental music ensemble Fengjastrútur which is based in Reykjavík, Icel...
New article in the Italian Webzine Percorsi Musicali
Percorsi Musicali wrote a somewhat lengthy article about my upcoming record on Carrier Records, Sinfonia in general and my music in particular. This is an honor...