Soundtrack – …until…

Sunday, 29 March at 8 p.m. will be the fourth and final concert of the winter in the Hljóðön concert series, held at Hafnarborg. The concert is entitled …until… and they are Gunnlaugur Björnsson, guitarist and Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir, flautist who will be performing. They will play two pieces together and will also perform several solo works with a backing of electronic sounds. The programme is composed of works by Clarence Barlow, Halldór Smárason, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Toru Takemitsu. The work by the Japanese composer Takemitsu, Towards the sea, was composed for Greenpeace and their campaign to save whales, but it is one of the largest compositions ever written for guitar and flute and is based on the novel. Moby Dick by Melville. During the concert, Gunnlaugur switches between three guitars and Hafdís plays three flutes: an alto flute, a transverse flute and a piccolo flute.

Flutist Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir and guitarist Gunnlaugur Björnsson both completed their advanced examinations from the Kópavogur Music School at a young age, were recognised by the municipality of Kópavogur as „outstanding artists”, and subsequently pursued musical studies abroad.

Gunnlaugur Björnsson, A guitarist, he recently graduated with a B.Mus degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where he received the Andrés Segovia Award for outstanding achievement in guitar studies. He has received various accolades, including the Nótan 2010 award, a finalist in the 2013 ASTA competition, and was the winner of the Lilian Fuchs chamber music competition in the same year. Gunnlaugur recently gained admission to the Master's programme at the prestigious Yale School of Music in the United States.

Hafdís Vigfúsdóttir, flautist, She holds a B.Mus degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. She also received the highest marks in her final examination from the Conservatoire in Rueil-Malmaison, France, after completing a three-year course there, and finally a master's degree from the Norwegian University of Music. In 2009, Hafdís won second prize in the international music competition „Le Parnasse” in Paris. Hafdís has appeared as a soloist with Ungfónían, the Amateur Symphony Orchestra and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and has also played as a substitute with the latter. She played with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra (KORK) during her studies, as well as with Ungdomsymfonikerne and Orchestra NoVe.

Soundtrack is a concert series dedicated to music from the 20th and 21st centuries, where the unique imagination and artistic struggle of composers lead listeners into previously uncharted territory. The name of the concert series is a reference to the smallest meaningful sound units of languages, basic units that can be pieced together in different ways to create an attempt at meaning. Here, Hafnarborg is presenting a concert series intended to showcase diverse works by leading contemporary composers. The focus will be on works that are best enjoyed in the intimate setting offered by the Hafnarborg venue, a space that is considered unique among the concert halls of the capital region.

Tickets for the concert are sold at the Hafnarborg reception desk during the museum's opening hours and one hour before the concert. Tickets can be booked by telephoning 585-5790. General admission is kr. 2500, and kr. 1500 for senior citizens and students.