L´amour fou
L´amour fou is a tango-salon band, consisting of 5 Icelandic musicians who already met in highschool in Iceland. The band´s repertoire is based on the old European "salon" tradition, with rich influences of jazz and tango. Music by the masters Carlos Gardel, Jakob Gade, Nino Rota, Astor Piazzolla and more are items on the band´s program, in arrangements made by Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson, the cellist of the group.
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Portrait
Premieres
Solo piano works premiered and composed for Tinna
304° (2010): Áki Ásgeirsson
Laser cat (2010): Jesper Pedersen
Harsamvada (2010) (prepared piano and electronics): Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
In memoriam (2010): Ríkhardur H. Fridriksson
Stemmur (2010): Bára Grímsdóttir
Harfgreni (2009) (naturally tempered one string piano): Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Wide Shot (2007): Thurídur Jónsdóttir
Brainstorm in a tea cup (2007): Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson
SOOSSOOS (piano and four loudspeakers) (2007): Áki Ásgeirsson
Sonatinna (2005): Jónas Tómasson
Partíta (2005): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
River Thought (accordion and computer sounds) (2006): Greg Davis
Sea Chime (prepared piano) (2005): Greg Davis
Sononymus – meitlad í stein (piano and computer) (2005-2006): Hilmar Thórdarson
Aukalag (2005): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Dínamít (piano and computer) (2005): Kolbeinn Einarsson
Fantasiestück (2004): Áskell Másson
Tvær tokkötur (2003): Thorsteinn Hauksson
Ikarus (piano and computer sounds) (2003): Steingrímur Rohloff
Granit Games (2003): Mist Thorkelsdóttir
Ferdalag fyrir fingur (1986): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Duos composed and premiered by Tinna +1
Klukkan (percussion [Frank Aarnink] and piano) (2009): Áskell Másson
319°: (piano, percussion [Frank Aarnink], playback) (2009): Áki Ásgeirsson
Tókastadir (piano hammers, percussion [Frank Aarnink], computer) (2009): Páll Ivan Pálsson
Sýsl á víxl (piano and marimba [Frank Aarnink]) (2009): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
[one] (pianist, percussionist [Frank Aarnink], grand piano) (2008): Anna S. Thorvaldsdóttir
Micropera: Átt-atvinnuvegur (soprano [Ingibjörg Gudjónsdóttir] and piano) (2008): Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson
Stjörnumuldur (flute [Berglind María Tómasdóttir] and piano) (2008): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Njóla (soprano [Ingibjörg Gudjónsdóttir] and piano) (2007): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Strenglag (viola [Gudrún Hrund Hardardóttir] and piano) (2002): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Heimkynni vid sjó (soprano [Ingibjörg Gudjónsdóttir] and piano) (1997): Karólína Eiríksdóttir
Prepared Piano
Prepared Piano is a concept which the composer John Cage invented. I got in touch with it for the first time at NEC in Boston during my studies there. "Prepared piano" means putting all kinds of different objects carefully into the piano, between the strings, to change its sound.
Das Klavierkonzert in Island nach 1950
Dissertation from the Musikhochschule Detmold-Münster in Germany, 2000
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