Artiste · Islande
Hafliði Hallgrímsson
Depuis 1941
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Hafliði Hallgrímsson (Akureyri, 18 septembre 1941) est un compositeur islandais, vivant actuellement à Bath. Hafliði est d'abord violoncelle solo du Scottish Chamber Orchestra, mais laisse sa carrière d'instrumentiste en 1983, pour poursuivre à temps plein celle de compositeur. En 2008 à 2010, il est le compositeur en résidence de l'Orchestre symphonique d'Islande
En 1970, Hallgrímsson joue la partie violoncelle solo de l'Atom Heart Mother des Pink Floyd (non-crédité).
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Hafliði Hallgrímsson (born 1941) is an Icelandic composer. He was born in Akureyri, and lived for a time in Bath, England. Hafliði was the principal cellist of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, but left that position in 1983 to pursue a full-time career as a composer. In 2008, he became composer-in-residence of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (through 2010).
He studied violoncello in Italy with Enrico Mainardi and composition in England with Peter Maxwell Davies and Alan Bush.
In 1970, Hafliði played the (uncredited) cello solo on “Atom Heart Mother” by Pink Floyd. His concerto for violin and string orchestra, Poemi, won the 1986 Nordic Council Music Prize.
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Discographie
Albums
- 2002 Þórarinn Jónsson / Johann Sebastian Bach / Hallgrímur Helgason / Hafliði Hallgrímsson
- 2003 Passía
- 2004 Herma / Ombra / Ríma
- 2008 Music for solo piano
- 2009 Truls Mørk plays Hallgrímsson: Cello Concerto / Herma
- 2021 Offerto: Works for Solo Violin
- Björn Steinar Sólbergsson leikur á orgel Akureyrarkirkju
