Performers & composers

Marta Halldórsdóttir

Marta Guðrún Halldórsdóttir completed her soloist’s examination at Reykjavík College of Music and continued her formal education at Munic Academy of Music, Germany. She has performed at numerous art festivals, both in Iceland and abroad, including Skálholt Summer Concerts, Reykjavík Arts Festival and the Spring Festival in Budapest. She has also appeared at the European Culture City 2000 festivals in Reykjavík, Prag and Bologna. While Halldórsdóttir is among Icelands most accomplished interpreters of modern music and has premiered a host of new compositions, she has concentrated on the performance of Baroque and Renaissance music as well. Marta Guðrún Halldórsdóttir has made numerous recordings for CD´s with the leading choirs and orchestras of Iceland such as the Motett choir of Hallgrímskirkja and Schola Cantorum as well as with the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and the Caput Ensemble. She has performed extensively with the pianist Örn Magnússon.