Karólína Eiríksdóttir is an Icelandic

Icelanders

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 composer.

Biography

Karólína was born in Reykjavík

Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...

, Iceland

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, and studied piano as a child. She later studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music with Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 in Ann Arbor with George Wilson

George Balch Wilson

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, Leslie Bassett

Leslie Bassett

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 and William Albright

William Albright (musician)

William Albright was an American composer, pianist and organist.Albright was born in Gary, Indiana, and began learning the piano at the age of five, and attended the Juilliard Preparatory Department , the Eastman School of Music and the University of Michigan , where he studied composition with...

. She graduated with a Master's degrees in music history and research (1976) and in composition (1978), and took a teaching position at the College of Music in Reykjavik.

Karólína's works have been performed in France

France

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, England

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, Vienna

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, Tokyo

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, the United States

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, Germany

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, Switzerland

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, Spain

Spain

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 and Argentina

Argentina

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. She served as chairman of the board of The Iceland Music Information Centre and of The Society of Icelandic Composers, and is now active on the boards of the Reykjavík Arts Festival and Iceland Academy of the Arts.

Works

Karólína composes for orchestra, solo instruments, chamber ensembles, computer music and opera. Selected works include:

• Nago hair Jag set, opera (text: Marie Louise Ramnefalk)
• Man Alive, opera (text: Árni Ibsen)
• Skuggaleikur, opera (text: Sjón)
• Three Paragraphs for orchestra
• Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
• Toccata for orchestra
• Guitar Concerto
• Concerto for two flutes and orchestra
• Na Carenza for mezzo-soprano, oboe and viola (1993)
• Strenglag (String Tune) for viola and piano (2002)

Discography

Karólína's works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Violin Music from Ireland, Edward Guðmundsdóttir: In Vultur Solis
• New Orchestral Music, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, cond. Paul Zukofsky: Sinfonietta
• Carolina Eiríksdóttir - Portrait: Sinfonietta, In Vultur Solis, Trio, Rhapsody, Five Pieces for Chamber Orchestra , Poetry Mine Land, Nago hair Jag set
• New Chamber Music - Ymir Ensemble, Renkum
• New Nordic Chamber Music, Warmer-Quartet, Six Poems from the Japanese
• Inti MUSIK, Nordia Ensemble, Rhapsody in C
• Carolina Eiríksdóttir - Cards, Plays Flute, Clouds, Where lognið?, Home of the sea
• My world and your - Ásgerður Júníusdóttir, mezzo-soprano, Month March
• Classico CLASSCD 165 - Dance of the Bacchae: piano music from the Nordic Countries - Elisabeth Klein, piano, Rondo kind
• Vorkvæði Iceland, Hamrahlíðarkórinn, Moderators: Minister Ingólfsdóttir. Icelandic choral music, Winter, Ungæði
• Helga Ingólfsdóttir - From coast to distant shores, Vorvísa for harpsichord
• Granit Games - Tinna Thorsteinsdottir, piano, Icelandic folk in exposure, Carolina Eiríksdóttir
• Side by side English flaututónlist-Martial Nardeau and Gudrun Sigrid Birgisdóttir, Steps for altflautu: Gudrun Sigrid Birgisdóttir
• Hymnodia: Hear me, my soul, Choral music of women in the transport chamber, Hymnodia, Administrator: Eyþór Ingi Jónsson, Ungæði, Winter

External links

• Full list of works