Húsið opnar 19:30 | Miðaverð 2.500 kr
Gulli Björnsson heldur stutta einleikstónleika í tilefni útgáfu plötunnar Landslög, safn af gítarverkum eftir Gulla fyrir klassískan gítar innblásin af íslenskum landslögum.
Á tónleikunum mun Gulli spila sín eigin lög fyrir gítar, sem flest draga innblástur í íslenska náttúru. Sum verkanna notast við rafhljóð ásamt sjónræns efnis.
Gulli Björnsson er íslenskur gítarleikari og tónskáld en tónlist hans samtvinnir akústík, elektróník og sjónrænt efni í tengingu við náttúru. Tónlist hans hefur verið lýst sem “hypnotic” (News Gazette) “a knockout – wondrously inventive” (Soundboard Magazine) and “Virtuosic, modern, occasionally discordant, but still accessible” (Classical Guitar Magazine).
Hægt er að sjá lista yfir tónverk Gulla hér:
https://www.gullibjornsson.org/compositions2
Gulli hefur samið verk fyrir New Jersey Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, Sō Percussion, Aizuri Quartet, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Contemporaneous, Amanda Gookin, Dither, Jiji, Vicky Chow, Steve Cowan, New York City Classical Guitar Orchestra, Mirror Strings og fleiri.
Nýlega hafa verk hans verið flutt á Carnagie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Le Poisson Rouge, Caramoor, Green Music Center, Centre Culturen Canadian Paris, San Fransisco Performances, New York Guitar Festival, Boston Celebrity Series, Harriman-Jewell Series, Purdue Convocations, Krannert Center, Rockefeller Tri-University, KPU music, NDR Kultur, Ung Nordisk Musik, Oh My Ears Festival, Nantucket Musical Arts Society og fleiri.
Gulli er kandídat fyrir doktorsgráðu í tónsmíðum frá Princeton-háskóla og lærði áður við Manhattan School of Music og Yale. Gulli starfaði nýlega sem prófessor í raftónlist við University of Kansas og er listamaður hjá Augustine Strings.
Hægt er að fylgjast með Gulli á vefsíðum hans hér:
https://www.gullibjornsson.org/
https://www.facebook.com/gulli.bjornsson/
https://www.instagram.com/gulligitar/
https://augustinestrings.com/artist/gullibjornsson.html
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Doors 19:30 | Tickets 2.500 kr
Gulli Björnsson plays a short solo concert celebrating the release of his album Landslög, a collection of solo guitar pieces inspired by Icelandic landscapes.
Gulli will play a selection of his guitar works most of which draw inspiration from Icelandic nature. Some of the works include electronics and visuals created by Gulli.
Gulli Bjornsson (b.1991) is a guitarist, composer and programmer from Iceland whose music typically ties electronics, live instruments and visuals to experiences in nature. Gulli’s music has been described as “hypnotic” (News Gazette) “a knockout – wondrously inventive” (Soundboard Magazine) and “Virtuosic, modern, occasionally discordant, but still accessible” (Classical Guitar Magazine).
Check out Gulli’s compositions here:
https://www.gullibjornsson.org/compositions2
He has composed pieces for New Jersey Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, Sō Percussion, Aizuri Quartet, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Contemporaneous, Amanda Gookin, Dither, Jiji, Vicky Chow, New York City Classical Guitar Orchestra, Steve Cowan, Mirror Strings amongst others.
His compositions have recently been featured by Carnagie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Le Poisson Rouge, Caramoor, Green Music Center, Centre Culturen Canadian Paris, San Fransisco Performances, New York Guitar Festival, Boston Celebrity Series, Harriman-Jewell Series, Purdue Convocations, Krannert Center, Rockefeller Tri-University, KPU music, NDR Kultur, Ung Nordisk Musik, Oh My Ears Festival, Nantucket Musical Arts Society amongst others.
Gulli is currently pursuing his PhD in music composition from Princeton University and holds degrees from Manhattan School of Music, Yale School of Music and Princeton. Gulli worked as professor of Electronic Composition at the University of Kansas from 2022-24 and is an Augustine Strings Artist.
You can follow Gulli and see what he's up to on his artist pages:
https://www.gullibjornsson.org/
https://www.facebook.com/gulli.bjornsson/
https://www.instagram.com/gulligitar/
https://augustinestrings.com/artist/gullibjornsson.html