Bergur Þórisson
Icelandic musician
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Bergur Þórisson[a] (transliterated as Thorisson; born 1993)[1][2] is an Icelandic musician, composer, and audio engineer. He is one half of the neo-classical post-rock duo Hugar, musical director for Björk, and frequent collaborator of Ólafur Arnalds.
Career
Bergur grew up in Seltjarnarnes[3] and played the trombone.[1] After graduating from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in 2012, Bergur was accepted into Juilliard but decided not to pursue it.[1] He took one semester of engineering at Reykjavík University.[1] Bergur joined Ólafur Arnalds in writing the music for the 2013 British TV series Broadchurch,[3] for which Ólafur was awarded the BAFTA awards.[1] Bergur then toured with Ólafur around Europe.[1]
Bergur was the audio engineer on Björk's 2017 Grammy-nominated album, Utopia, and then toured with her on stage on her Cornucopia tour.[4] Other collaborators include Sigur Rós,[5] Jóhann Jóhannsson,[5] and Arnór Dan.[3]
Bergur has a small scale production of microphones he makes by hand.[1]
Hugar
Bergur started the neo-classical post-rock[6][7] duo Hugar (meaning "minds") along with his childhood friend Pétur Jónsson in 2012.[3] Their self-titled album was published in 2014[8] and was given out for free online.[9] They signed with Sony USA[10][7] and published their second album, Varða, in 2019.[8] The band performed at Iceland Airwaves in 2017, 2018, and 2019.[8] As of 2019 the band has 50 million plays on Spotify.[10]
Bergur and Pétur wrote the score for the 2019 film The Vasulka Effect about artists Steina and Woody Vasulka.[8][11]
Notes
- This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Bergur.