Þráinn Hjálmarsson
Icelandic composer
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Þráinn Hjálmarsson (Thrainn Hjalmarsson, born 1987) is an Icelandic composer.
Þráinn Hjálmarsson | |
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| Also known as | Thrainn Hjalmarsson |
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Genres | Contemporary classical |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Member of | S.L.Á.T.U.R |
Þráinn earned a bachelor's degree from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2009 and a master's degree in composition from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 2011.[1] He is a member of the Icelandic composers' collective S.L.Á.T.U.R (Society of artistically obtrusive composers around Reykjavík).[1][2]
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under Ilan Volkov performed his As Heard Across a Room as part of a concert of new Icelandic works in 2014; critics described it as "finespun"[3] and "paradox music: like trying to make out the structure of a void".[4] His Lucid/Opaque (for string trio) was premiered by Nordic Affect at the annual Dark Music Days festival in 2016; a critic described it as "contain[ing] beautiful meditative stillness".[5] Influence of buildings on musical tone for a chamber ensemble represented Iceland at the International Rostrum of Composers in Helsinki in 2014.[6]