Thurídur Jónsdóttir M

Iceland, b. 1967.

Studied composition at the Reykjavík Conservatory of Music. In ’89 to Bologna, studying composition with C. Landuzzi, A. Guarnieri and L. Camilleri and receiving diplomas in flute, composition and electronic music from the Bologna Conservatory. In ’92 she attended the summer course with F. Donatoni in Siena. In ’95 –’96 she studied with A. Solbiati at the acad. of Novara.

In her works, Jónsdóttir has frequently tackled the relation between acoustic and electronic sounds. Her activity as a performer has provided her with means to explore this relation extensively, in a work for solo flute and electronic sounds as well as in works for solo voice, choir or orchestra and electronics. She collaborated with the visual artist Olof Nordal in the installation Kock’s Egg (Asi Art Museum, 2005). Her compositions are frequently performed at festivals in Iceland and Europe such as Présences in Paris, Musica Nova in Copenhagen, OENM in Salzburg and MusiMarch in Québec. She has got commissions from Radio France, Nomus, from Caput ensemble among many other Icelandic institutions and musicians. Her electronic piece L’altra dimensione was selected for the Bourges International Competition 2005, and Flow and Fusion for orchestra and electronics, was selected at the Rostrum of Composers 2004 (UNESCO) and nominated for the Nordic Music Price 2006.

“/.../She writes with a brand new freshness and isn’t afraid to be loud and theatrical/.../”.

(ANDERS BEYER Nordic sounds nr. 1 2005)

“/.../den mest spændende og lovende islandske komponist/.../Hun er en af de rigtig gode grunde til at fortsætte et bekendtskab med det islandske ny musik-miljø”.

(ANNA B. A. CHRISTENSEN DMT - Nr 5, marts 2005)

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Links:

www.thurijo.com

www.mic.is

www.musik.is/Caput

www.olofnordal.com