Performers & composers

Hugi Guðmundsson

Hugi Gudmundsson (1977) studied composition at Reykjavik College of Music with Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Dr. Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson as teachers. In 2001 he moved to Denmark for further composition studies with Prof. Bent Sorensen, Hans Abrahamsen and Niels Rosing-Schow at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He finished his Masters degree spring 2005. Gudmundsson has written pieces ranging from solo pieces to orchestra works and his pieces have been performed widely, e.g. in USA, Canada, UK, Japan, France, Germany and all the scandinavian countries.
Gudmundsson has worked with internationally renowned artists such as the Raschér Saxophone Quartet (Adoro Te Devote, premiered Feb. 2005), pianist Rolf Hind (Yasumi, premiered Sept. 2004) and Caput ensamble who premiered his piece Eq. IV: Windbells at the World Expo 2005 in Japan. He is also active as a performer of music with live electronics, both his own works and those of other composers. He has performed with various musicians in music festivals all over the world, e.g. in Bulgaria, France, Danmark, Iceand, Germany, Norway, USA and Japan.
Adoro te devote, which he wrote for the Raschér Saxophone Quartet and Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir, was nominated for the Iceland Music Awards 2005.