Eyland (2025) for solo accordion and chamber orchestra
Soloist | Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
Conductor | Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen
Nordatlantens Brygge, Copenhagen, 25. October 2025
Film | Christoffer Askman
Sound | DR P2
Score and parts are available on UE
Lendh (2018) for orchestra
Released on January 22, 2021
Performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason, conductor.
Nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards 2020 - Composition of the Year (category: classical/contemporary)
Nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2020.
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Gemæltan (2020) Cello Concerto
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, 29th September 2022
Performed by Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen, conductor.
Programme note by Andri Snær Magnason
Nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards 2023 - Composition of the Year (category: classical/contemporary)
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Erda (2024) for two solo violins and ensemble
Released on April 10, 2026
Soloists | Niklas Walentin, Stéphane Tran Ngoc and the
Danish Chamber Players/ Ensemble Storstrøm
Erda is the geologic narrative of the events prior to the 1996 eruption under Vatnajökull and its impact on the glacier. The programme note is written by Stephen Lezak, writer, researcher, and advocate working at the intersection of climate politics and environmental justice.
More so than any other form of existence, glaciers bridge the distance between the turbulent human world and the inscrutable world of the eternal. They achieve this by being simultaneously timeless and ephemeral—inscribing the pre-historic past but threatening to vanish as our planet changes more rapidly with each passing year. And through their double-life, they offer an unparalleled wisdom: the invitation to connect the “deep time” of geology to the diurnal, fleeting time of humanity. - Stephen Lezak, 2024
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Neige éternelle, five pieces for solo cello (2023)
Released on November 15, 2024
Soloist | Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir
Neige éternelle is a series of five for solo cello. This work emerged after Gemæltan, a cello concerto written for Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir. Each piece is an imagined phase in the formation of a glacier.
Recorded on June 28th 2024, Sundlaugin Studio, Iceland.
Produced by Veronique Vaka
Sound Engineer | Birgir Jón Birgisson
Original Artwork | Bertrand Sallé
Mix/Mastering | Birgir Jón Birgisson
Supported by STEFs - Upptökusjóður.
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Vanescere (2021) for solo viola and chamber orchestra
Soloist | Þórunn Ósk Marinósdóttir
Conductor | Mirian Khukhunaishvili
Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra / Kammersveit Reykjavíkur
Harpa Concerto Hall, Reykjavík, 6. March 2022
Film and Sound | Páll Sveinn Guðmundsson
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Inmost (2023) for orchestra
From the World Premiere in Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavík, November 9th 2023
Performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Eva Ollikainen, conductor.
Programme note by Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Sceadu (2019) Violin Concerto
From a concert in Breiðholtskirkja, Reykjavík
Performed by Una Sveinbjarnardóttir and Caput Ensemble, Guðni Franzson, conductor
Score and parts are available on Universal Edition here
Erlendis / Gætni (2015/2020)
Director: Samantha Shay
Production Company: Source Material
Cast: Samantha Shay
Director of Photography: Victoria Sendra
Editor: Samantha Shay
Dressmaker: Ása Bríet Brattaberg
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