Concerts

—April 2015—

°17^th, S.L.Á.T.U.R. & Sarah Kenchington perform collaborative pieces at the Tectonics Festival 2015, Reykjavík.

°7^th, field////, Katelin Parsons and Andy Rudolph perform octets and other pieces at Videopool at the Art Spaces building in the Exchange district of Winnipeg Manitoba.

—March 2015—

°22^nd, S.L.Á.T.U.R. concert at Cafe Oto, London. Program tba.

°15^th, Tøyen fil og klafferi perfrm Siglitør in Notam, Oslo.

—January 2015—

°29^th, concert in Zentralbibliothek Essen, Gildehof, Hollestraße 3. Ensemble CRUSH will perform one of my pieces along with works by Alwynne Pritchard, Josef Anton Riedl, Dieter Schnebel, Kunsu Shim, Gerhard Stäbler and Lukas Tobiassen.

°17^th, Ensemble CRUSH along with members of the previous workshops will premier a new piece at 5pm in Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf. Final event of Earport Winter Akademie 2015 Düsseldorf – Natürlich Schön.

°16^th, I will lead workshop at Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf from 2.30p and 5p. Part of Earport Winter Akademie 2015 Düsseldorf – Natürlich Schön.

°15^th, I will lead workshop at Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf from 2.30p and 5p. Part of Earport Winter Akademie 2015 Düsseldorf – Natürlich Schön.

°14^th, Ensemble CRUSH along with me will perform oktett no.6 at Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Also there will be works on the program by Iannes Xenakis, Maurice Ravel, laMonte Young, Alwynne Prithcard, Gerhard Stäbler and Kunsu Shim. Part of Earport Winter Akademie 2015 Düsseldorf – Natürlich Schön.

°4^th, S.L.Á.T.U.R. New years concert at Reykjavík Art Museum. Kvartett no. 18 premiered by Fersteinn.

—December 2014—

°14^th, Tøyen fil og klafferi perfrm Siglitør in Ny Musikk in Oslo.

—November 2014—

°9^th Nordic Affect performs my piece Kortamel for period instruments in the November Music festival in S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

°4^th Kortamel played on the Klara radio in Belgium, in the Late Night Lab. Performed by Nordic Affect from the concert in the Transit Festival in Leuven, Belgium.

—October 2014—

°28^th Kortamel played on the Klara radio in Belgium, in the Late Night Lab. Performed by Nordic Affect from the concert in the Transit Festival in Leuven, Belgium.

°25^th Nordic Affect performs my piece Kortamel for period instruments in the Transit Festival in Leuven, Belgium.

°19^th Markus Hohti premiers Suite for Halldorophone in the Hljóðön or Phoneme concert series in Hafnarborg in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland.

°11^th, Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson from Adapter Ensemble premiered 5 Norræn Abstraktverk in a concert in Reykjavík Art Museum as a part of Sláturtíð Festival in Iceland.

°11^th, another performance of  Siglitør by the Norwegian ensemble Tøyen fil og klafferi in Húsafell Iceland.

°10^th, another performance of Siglitør by the Norwegian ensemble Tøyen fil og klafferi in Borgarnes, Iceland.

°9^th, the Norwegian ensemble Tøyen fil og klafferi premiers a Sigltør in Reykjavík Art Museum as a part of Sláturtíð Festival in Iceland.

°4^th The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Glasgow will premiere the piece Sporgýla on a concert conducted by Ilan Volkov with all brand new all Icelandic works.

°2^nd concert at Sharmanka, Glasgow with Ilan Volkov, Neil Davidson, Charles Ross, Severine Ballon, Þráinn Hjálmarsson, Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson and Liene Rozite.

—August 2014—

°28^th Concert in Maynooth Ireland as part of the ISSTC conference hosted by ISSTA (the Irish Sound Science and Technology Association) at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

°23^rd Concert in Eskifjarðarkirkja (east of Iceland) as a part of Eiðar Composer Farm, performance on Dorophone or Halldorophone along with Kirstine Lindemann.

°22^nd Concert in Sláturhúsið Egilsstaðir (east of Iceland) as part of Eiðar Composer Farm. Members performed Oktett no.6 and Það sem við lærðum á lædómsöldinni.

°21^st Concert in Eiðar (east of Iceland) as part of Eiðar Composer Farm. Members performed Oktett no.6.

—July 2014—

°1^st Fersteinn performs in Bergkirche Düsseldorf in collaboration with Earport, i.e. Gerhard Stäbler and Kunsu Shim. They are also performing and so is Kyosang Jeong.

—June 2014—

°30^th Fersteinn performs in Bonn with Sue Schlotte in Alte Kirche Rosenburgweg/Nikolausstaße.

°29^th Fersteinn performs in Forum fur Kunst und Arkitektur in Essen, (in collaboration with Kyusang Jeong, Gerhard Stäbler and Kunsu Shim).

°27^th Fersteinn performs in De Player, Rotterdam with Marc Matter and Jörg Piringer.

°25^th Fersteinn performs in Christoph Schiller’s Atelier Konzerte in Basel, Switzerland.

°24^th Fersteinn performs in Brussels at Impremiere Ephemere hosted by les alices collectif.

°9^th An evening with Pauline Oliveros at the Guesthouse in Cork, Ireland. I along with several Irish sound artists (including Mick O’Shea, Danny McCarthy, Harry Moore and a few others) performed a work by Pauline Oliveros with her own live text instructions. This happened to be at the end of my residency at the Guesthouse.

°7^th Timo Kinnunen and Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir perform raBalilabalila for Accordion and Piano in Silence Festival or hijaisuus festivaali by Rovaniemi, Finland.

°4^th Dogstar Orchestra perform Spurningaleikur in Curved Line Space in Los Angeles as a part of program of music by the S.L.Á.T.U.R. collective.

—May 2014—

°26^th Aksiom Ensemble perform Kvartett no.7 in Ambassaden in Århus, Denmark in collaboration with AUT.

°16^th Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir performs Mamma að pikka á tölvu sumarið 1988 in S12 gallery og verkstæd in Bergen, Norway.

°15^th Timisoara International Music Festival, Timisoara Romania. Italian pianist Roberto Durante will perform my piece Safmana from 2012.

°11^th Tectonics Glasgow, S.L.Á.T.U.R. performs S.L.Á.T.U.R., 7 members of the collective perform a few pieces from the last 5 years or so. Fruit Market Hall Glasgow. Hosted by the Scottish BBC Symphony and curated by Ilan Volkov.

°10^th Tectonics Glasgow, performance of Metal & Breath by Christian Wolff by members of the S.L.Á.T.U.R. collective. Hosted by the Scottish BBC Symphony and curated by Ilan Volkov.

°5^th S.L.Á.T.U.R. concert in Mengi, Reykjavík.

—March 2014—

°20^th Fersteinn performed at ITM/Útón opening of a space in Laugarvegur 105 Reykjavík, also performing was Dj Flugvél og Geimskip and Reykjavík Mayor Jón Gnarr.

—February 2014—

°26^th Aksiom Ensemble performs Kvartett no. 7 in Oslo, Norway

°21^st Aksiom Ensemble performs Kvartett no. 7 in Stavanger, Norway.

°7^th improvised music concert in Mengi Óðinsgata, with Ilan Volkov, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Kría Brekkan, Gyða Valtýsdóttir, Áki Ásgeirsson and Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson

°2^nd Færibandið performed in “Strings in a Time-Warp” concert in Dark Music Days, Harpa, Reykjavík.

—January 2014—

°25^th Mengi, Reykjavík. Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir premiers „Mamma pikkar á tölvu, sumarið 1988“ for toy piano in a solo recital for toy piano.

°10^th Mengi, Reykjavík. S.L.Á.T.U.R. New Years concert. Skrund 1,2 and 3 premiered on for clarinets with standardized 3d printed alternative clarinet barrels.

—October 2013—

°22^nd St. Petersburg, Russia. Defun Ensemble performs Hakkalamaka in the Society of Russian Composers Hall.

°21^st RUV National Radio of Iceland broadcasts music from Sláturtíð including Spurningaleikur. Directed by Ingibjörg Eyþórsdóttir.

°20^th Tallinn, Estonia. Defun Ensemble performs Hakkalamaka in Estonia Concert Hall.

°19^th Reykjavík, Fengjastrútur premiers Spurningaleikur during Sláturtíð 2014.

°16^th Helsinki, Hakkalamaka, revised version performed by Defun Ensemble in Nordic Music Days 2013.

—August 2013—

°24^th Basel. Hundi performed in a concert in Christoph Schiller’s Atelier Konzerte.

°16^th, 17^th, 24^th and 25^th The piece Sólarlag við Tjörnina, 64 variations premiered in Hljómskálinn in Reykjavík in collaboration with the installation “Hljómskálinn – Frá Lúðrum að Lýðræði” which overlaps with the piece and music from the history of the building.

—June 2013—

°13^th Kvartett 8 performed by Þráinn Hjálmarsson and guests at the Ephemere concert series in Studio Loos in Den Haag, Netherlands.

—April 2013—

°19^th of April the Iceland Symphony Orchestra will premier Grafgata during the Tectonics Festival.

°3^rd Fersteinn opens up for GrúskaBabúska on a release concert in Kex Hostel Reykjavík. Mikael Lind was also performing.

—March 2013—

°27^th Performance of works by Kunsu Shim and Gerard Stäbler in the Jaðarber concert series at the Reykjavík Art Museum.

—February 2013—

°2^nd Nordic Affect performed the piece Kortamel for the second time in Dark Music Days. The piece is for Baroque instruments.

°27^th Jaðarber concert dedicated to the works of Þráinn Hjálmarsson at Reykjavík Art Museum.

—January 2013—

°13^th S.L.Á.T.U.R. New years concert. Korgel premiered. The piece is for harmonium, saxophone, harmonica and accordion.

—November 2012—

°16^th Göteborg, Sweden. Fengjastrútur performs music by S.L.Á.T.U.R. members at the Geiger Festival in Cinnober Teater. They performed my piece Hundi and countless other S.L.Á.T.U.R. pieces during two concerts and a workshop.

°14^th Istanbul, Turkey. Ensemble Adapter performed Kvartett no. 7 along with pieces by S.L.Á.T.U.R. members and other Icelandic composers at the Borusan Music House hosted by Borusan New Series.

°4^th Reykjavík, Iceland. Nordic Affect an ensemble of period instruments premiered the piece Kortamel in Þjóðmenningarhúsið as a part of their own concert series there. The piece was in the middle of a program of baroque music.

—October 2012—

°27^th Fersteinn premiered Kvartett no. 13 at Sláturtíð Festival in Reykjavík Arts Museum.

—September 2012—-

° Berlin. Ensemble Adapter performed the piece Kvartett no. 7 at the Nordlichter Biennale in Berlin along with pieces by other S.L.Á.T.U.R. members.

—August 2012—

°22^nd Montabelluna, Italy. Roberto Durante performed Safmana at Villa Correr Pisani.

—July 2012—

°26^th Trevsio, Italy. Roberto Durante premiered Safmana at Chiostro di Santa Catarina in Treviso, Italy as part of the series Musei d’Estate 2012.

—-June 2012—-

°1^st Reykjavík. Fersteinn performs in the Nordic House as part of Messa art conference.

—-May 2012—-

°4^th Århus. Hundi performed at the SPOT festival by an ensemble led by members of the S.L.Á.T.U.R. collective.

—-April 2012—-

°19^th Reykjavík. Laur performed by Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra in Tjarnarbíó as part of Reykjavík Children Culture Festival.

—-March 2012—-

°5^th Czech Republic. Mardiposa played on the Czech Radio 3-Vltava.

°3^rd Reykjavík. Horpma III premiered in Harpa Concert Hall as part of the Tectonics Festival curated by Ilan Volkov.

—-February 2012—-

°14^th Reykjavík. A Jaðarber concert in Kjarvalsstaðir, a Cage centenary where I will perform my own rendition of Fontana Mix along with others.

°6^th Poland. Mardiposa played in the Polish radio show Nowe Kontrapunkty in Polskie Radio.

°5^th Iceland. Broadcast of Laur on the National Radio of Iceland.

—-January 2012—-

°29^th Reykjavík. Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra premiers Laur.

°27^th Reykjavík. Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s Tónskáldastofa. Grafgata. A workshop with Hans Abramsen.

°7^th Reykjavík. S.L.Á.T.U.R.’s new year concert. An electronic excerpt from Kvartett 13 performed.

—-December 2011—-

°22^nd, France, Excerpt from Horpma II played in Droit de Cités on a playlist curated by Shayna Dunkelmann for the French webSYNradio

°15^th, Reykjavík. Fersteinn birthday concert in Hljómskálinn.

—-November 2011—-

°18^th, Seltjarnarnes, Reykjavík, Kópavogur and Hafnarfjörður. The Fersteinn Library tour. 4 concerts in one day. Performances of Kvartett no. 11, no. 8, no. 7 and no. 5 performed along with some of the Langspil songs.

—-October 2011—-

°15^th, Middelburg. Performance by Fersteinn.

°14^th, Rotterdam. Performance by Fersteinn in De Player.

°13^th, Haag. Performance by Fersteinn in Delta.

°7^th, Reykjvík. Performance by Fersteinn in the Nýhil International Poetry Festival, quartet no. 8 and 11 performed.

°4^th, Riga, Latvia. Oneplusone premiers raBalilabalila.

°4^th, Vienna, Austria. Mardiposa performed on OE1 in Zeit-Ton.

°3^rd, Reykjavík. Improvisational performance with Christoph Schiller and Jesper Pedersen in Hemmi & Valdi.

°1^st, Hafnafjörður, Færibandið performed by several dozen young flute players and the audience in Hásalir.

—-September 2011—-

°30^th, Reykjavík, Quartet no.10 premiered in Sláturtíð 2011 in Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús.

°28^th, Reykjavík, Marfjall & hafkar premiered by Matthias Ziegler and the Icelandic Flute Choir in Langholtskirkja.

°25^th, Kópavogur, Færibandið performed by kids playing home made instruments made themselves with some assistance. The audience participated as well. Done for an initiative called Töfrahurðin.

°5^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on KTRU

°3^rd, Keflavík, a performance by Fersteinn in the festival Ljósanótt. Quartet no. 5 and 7 performed.

—-August 2011—-

°10^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on KTRU.

°1^st, U.S.A., Horpma featured in the podcast Vital Weekly.

°1^st, U.S.A., Horpma II played on KTRU.

—-July 2011—-

°16^th, Skálholt, Harskall og Svellkar premiered by the Icelandic Flute Choir (18 flutes) in the Skálholt Summer Concert Series.

°14^th, Germany, Horpma II played on SWR2.

°13^th, U.S.A., Horpma I played on WNYU.

°10^th, U.S.A., Horpma I (excerpt) played on Asheville FM.

—-June 2011—-

°25^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on the radio station KDVS.

°18^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on the radio station KDVS.

°11^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on WCBN.

°Tromsö, Lardipésa, 7 concerts in North Norway, in the Tromsö area, performances of Lardipesa, by Erik Stifjell and other Norwegian Musicians.

—-May 2011—-

°10^th, New York, Mardigosa performed by L’arsenale at the MATA festival on May 10th.

°10^th, My album Horpma released on Carrier Records

°Reykjavík, Raflost/Pikslaverk performance of Quartet no.8 on May 5th.

°Reykjavík, Portrait concert in Von, S.Á.Á. hall on May 4th. Performance of Mardiposa, Hrammdæla 7 and quartets number 7, 8 and 9 + several readings of sound poetry.

°U.S.A., Horpma I or II played on radio on KTRU, WNYU, WXDU, WCBN (6 times), WMUA (both I and II), WDBX and Ashville FM

—-April 2011—-

°26^th, U.S.A., Horpma II played on WCBN-FM.

°Reykjavík, Sláturdúndur in Komplexinn, Skipholti. 3 songs for 4 langspil, no 1, 5 and 9 premiered.

°U.S.A. 23d, Horpma I played on WSIU

°Reykjavík, Mardiposa premiered on the National radio on easter day.

°Reykjavík, Quartet no. 9 premiered in a S.L.Á.T.U.R. concert in Listasafn Íslands on april 16th in association with the exhibition Hljóðheimar.

°Reykjavík, Quartet no. 8 performed on april 2nd in the Sequences Festival at a special dinner.

—-March 2011—-

°Reykjavík, Sláturdúndur, Quartet no.8 premiered in the Slátur headquarters.

—-February 2011—-

°Amsterdam, Beygjilína performed on Icelandic Music Days.

°Reykjavík, Hrammdæla 6 premiered in Ásmundarsafn.

°Reykjavík, Dúó Harpverk performed Ramminjálgur in Hallgrímskirkja.

°Reykjavík, Kvartett no.7 or Dartibedur premiered on Sláturdúndur in Komplexinn.

—-January 2011—-

°Reykjavík, Hundi premiered by Fengjastrútur on S.L.Á.T.U.R. new years concert.

°Reykjavík, Vargarð premiered by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir on Dark Music Days.

—-December 2010—-

°Reykjavík, Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir performs Harsamvaða in the Nordic House on the S.L.Á.T.U.R. Christmas concert.

—-October 2010—-

°Reykjavík, Performance of Deikokeitiponsa at Frafl one year anniversary

—-September 2010—-

°Reykjavík Sláturtíð, 3 pieces, for Skmendanikka and Defun Ensemble

°Reykjavík International Film Festival, collaboration with Kría Brekkan, scoring the 1928 Fall of the House of Usher.

°Helsinki, Ung Nordisk Musik, Performance of Lardipésa

°Copenhagen Nordic Music Days, Ensemble Adapter’s performance of Draumbót

—-August 2010—-

°Duo Harpverk Performed Njarhardur in Aalborg at the OpenDays Festival.

°Duo Harpverk Performed Njarhardur in Literaturhaus, Copenhagen.

°Duo Harpverk Performed Njarhardur Rósenber, Reykjavík.

—-July 2010—-

°Viitasaari, Finlandi. Ensemble Adapter performed Draumbót at the Musikin Aika festival.

—-June 2010—-

°Reykjavík, Frum festival Ensemble Adapter premiered Draumbót.

—-May 2010—–

°Amsterdam, Beygjilína performed at the Royal Dutch Conservatory

°Reykjavík, Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir premiered Harsamvaða at the Raflost festival.

—-April 2010—-

°Reykjavík, Sacred Arts Festival. Members of Ísafold Performed Hrammdæla 5.

—-March 2010—-

°New York, 2 concerts (Goodbye Blue Monday and Flux Factory) and 1 in . . .

°Princeton University representing S.L.Á.T.U.R. composers

—-February 2010—-

°Reykjavík, birthday of the Reykjavík Living Arts Museum, Hrammdæla 2 was premiered as a gift to the museum.

°Reykjavík, Hrammdæla 3 premiered on Sláturdúndur

—-January 2010—-

°Reykjavík, Skmendanikka Premiered Hrammdæla 1.

—–December 2009—-

°Reykjavík, Kvarandron performed 3 times in Sláturdúndur and Grapevine grassroots concert.

—-November 2009—-

°Amsterdam, Loðís for two trombones performed in I.A.D.A. Galleríi.

—-October 2009—-

°Reykjavík, Dúó Harpverk premiered the piece Njarður at Café Rósenberg

°Reykjavík, Tinna Þorsteinsdóttir premiered Harfgreni on Sláturtíð 2009.

—-August / September 2009—-

S.L.Á.T.U.R. Nordic trip.

°Osló, MS Innvik. Happy Nordic Music Days 2009

°Ålborg.

°Copenhagen, Literaturhaus.

°Malmö, Skånes konstforretning.

°Reykjavík, Nordic house.