DVD 5
Haukur Tómasson
Yayoi Kusama
Oliver Voss
/Jung von Matt
 

 

video excerpt
Yayoi Kusama

video excerpt
Oliver Voss/
Jong von Matt


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Haukur Tòmasson (1960, Iceland) lives and works in Reykjavik

After his graduation in composition at the Reykjavik College of Music Haukur Tòmasson continued to study in Cologne, Amsterdam and at the University of California, San Diego. Among his composition teachers were Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Ton de Leeuw, Roger Reynolds and Brian Ferneyhough. Tòmassons earliest composition, Spiral (1992), is considered a vivid example of inventive lyricism, with its rich use of flute, harpsichord, oboe and vibes. One of his later works, Stemma, was described by music critic David Lewis as an evocative tone poem that confirms why Tòmasson is that rarity - an inventive composer with a pop diva's touch.
Besides a large body of chamber music,
Tòmassons work includes five orchestral pieces, two concertos and several pieces for the theatre. Tòmasson has received numerous commissions and his music is widely performed. His composition Spiral was nominated for the Nordic Councils Music Prize in 1995 and his orchestral piece Strati won the Icelandic National Broadcasting System Music Prize in 1993. Other prizes include the 1996 Bröste Optimistic Prize and the 1998 Icelandic Music Award.

Musician
Cello: Eduard van Regteren Altena

Sound engineering
Reynir Thor Finnbogason and Christin Waage

 

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