See artist, composer, and producer Úlfur in conversation with author R. Michael Hendrix at Huldunótur, above Space Odyssey in downtown Reykjavík, on March 4 at 18:00.
Úlfur Hansson is an Icelandic composer and multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges contemporary classical composition, experimental electronics, and immersive studio craft. Based between Reykjavík and Brooklyn, he works across solo releases, film scoring, ensemble commissions, and production.
His latest release as one half of the duo, RÓR, is a collaboration with Gyða Valtýsdóttir which unfolds into an expansive, dreamlike sound world where Úlfur’s custom-built synthesizers merge with Gyða’s cello in long-form, elemental compositions.
Collaboration shapes much of his career. As a producer, engineer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, he has worked with Jónsi, Ólöf Arnalds, Anna von Hausswolff, Skúli Sverrisson, and Randall Dunn. His music has been presented at the Tectonics Festival and performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. A piece for an early magnetic harp prototype earned him Composer of the Year at the International Rostrum of Composers.
Úlfur also invented the Segulharpa, an electromagnetic harp with individually actuated strings, featured in Björk’s live production Cornucopia. “It’s clear that an instrument can become so much more than just a sum of its parts,” he says. Further collaborations include instruments for Hildur Guðnadóttir and work with Ólafur Elíasson.
Interviewer, R. Michael Hendrix, is the co-author of Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation, written with Panos A. Panay, President of the Recording Academy. The book examines how artists apply their creative minds broadly beyond their art, and how everyone can learn from them.
The event is free and all are welcome.
Huldunótur is located above Space Odyssey Experimental Music Space, across from Kaffibarinn.
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