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Artist
Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
12+ albums
field recordingsicelandicjazzexperimentalFemale Composer
about
Electric guitarist and composer Hafdís Bjarnadóttir was born in Reykjavik, Iceland on the 17th of August 1977. She debuted her instrumental music on graduating in jazz guitar performance from the FÍH School of Music, Iceland in 2002. That same year saw the release of her first CD of all-original compositions, "Nú", on the Smekkleysa label (engl.:Bad Taste Records). Since then Hafdís has, among other things, written music intended especially for her own band's rare combination of instruments. Hafdís's compositions are not easily defined, but could be described as a mixture of jazz, rock, classical, folk and other influences. Hafdís finished her bachelor degree in composition from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in June 2007. Her bachelor piece, Risaedla fyrir kammersveit (Dinosaur for a chamber orchestra) was debuted by the Icelandic CAPUT ensemble. In June 2009 she finished her masters degree in composition at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Her past projects include a piece for symphony orchestra based on a knitting pattern, a piece made entirely from financial charts from the Icelandic banks, music and soundscapes forming a part of an exhibition of the Icelandic visual artist Katrín Thorvaldsdóttir, works for the mainly medieval and Renaissance vocal ensemble Voces Thules, animation music and commissioned pieces for classical instrumentalists. She has held numerous concerts of her own music in Iceland and overseas. "All distinction between high and low art, i
