Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir

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Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir receives the Music Prize of the Nordic Council , 2012

Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir , also Anna Thorvaldsdottir (born July 11, 1977 in Reykjavík ), is an Icelandic composer and winner of the 2012 Nordic Council Music Prize .

Live and act

Anna Þorvaldsdóttir's mother and aunt were music teachers. She started playing the cello at an early age and began composing at the age of 19. She studied composition at the Reykjavík Academy of Music and at the University of California, San Diego , where she earned a PhD in 2011. She wrote works for symphony and chamber orchestras as well as the opera Ur_.

In 2011 her debut album Rhízôma was released with the orchestral work Dreaming, for which she was awarded the Music Prize of the Nordic Council. The album Aerial followed in 2014 and In the Light of Air in 2015 .

Works

Orchestral works

  • shattering - unity / sundrung - eining (2003), for chamber orchestra
  • Shatter (2004), for symphony orchestra
  • Streaming Arhythmia (2007), for chamber orchestra
  • Dreymi / Dreaming (2008), for symphony orchestra
  • Hrim (2009/2010), for chamber orchestra
  • Aeriality (2011), for symphony orchestra

Works for small ensembles

  • Af djúpri hryggð ákalla ég þig , for 8 cellos
  • Breathing (2007), for wind octet
  • The color of Words (2008), for double bass and choir
  • Rain (2010) for soprano, flute, guitar & electronics
  • - aura - / - ára - (2011), for 3 percussionists
  • Shades of Silence (2012), for violin, viola, violoncello & harpsichord
  • into - Second Self (2013), for 4 horns, 3 trombones & 4 percussionists
  • Ró (2013), for bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, 2 violins, viola & violoncello
  • In the Light of Air (2013/2014), for viola, violoncello, harp, piano, percussion & electronics

Web links

Commons : Anna Thorvaldsdóttir  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mechthild Schneiders, world premiere at the Trier Theater: opera "Ur_" by the Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir goes on a world tour from the Moselle , volksfreund.de, September 8, 2015
  2. ↑ Julia Spinola, As surreal as the northern lights , zeit.de, October 1, 2015
Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .
personal data
SURNAME Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anna Thorvaldsdottir; Anna Þorvaldsdóttir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík , Iceland