Hildur Guðnadóttir

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is a classically trained cellist and composer Icelandic, accompanied in addition to their own projects, many well-known artists with her cello.

Overview

Hildur Guðnadóttir began as a child to play the cello and studied at universities in Reykjavík and at the University of Arts in Berlin later. After her studies, she returned to Iceland, where they are heavily involved in recent art and music scene. So she runs together with his friend Jóhann Jóhannsson the organization Kitchen Motors, a combination of think tank, label and artist collective. She starred in the Icelandic group Múm and Angel ( Ilpo Väisänen and Dirk with Dresselhaus ) and is a member of the inspired Greek and Bulgarian dance ensembles Stórveit Nix Nolte. Even beyond the borders of their country beyond Guðnadóttir has participated in numerous musical projects, such as on recordings of Finnish experimental band Pan Sonic or the German electro - musician Dirk Dresselhaus of Schneider TM is called. She worked with the Swedish sound artist BJNilsen and also the Swedish band The Knife.

Guðnadóttir is also active as a conductor and composer. Among her better-known works include the live soundtrack to Derek Jarman's film listed In The Shadow Of The Sun from 1980, in which not only the British Industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle who directed her " New London Chamber Choir" was involved. She composed the soundtrack for the play Sumardagur ( " summer "), which was premiered at the Icelandic National Theater.

In 2007, she brought under the name Lost in Hildurness folkinspiriertes her solo debut Mount A out, which appeared in the Icelandic label 12tónar and was recorded almost single-handedly. The recordings were made partly in New York, partly in an Icelandic wooden house, which is famous for its cello oncoming acoustics. Guðnadóttir performed there along with Cello vibraphone, viola and harp, and added the instruments through subtle vocal work. Followed in 2009, the second solo album Without Sinking, which was released on the British label Touch. Besides Johannsen also Guðnadóttirs father, clarinetist Gudni Franzson acts on the recordings. Guðnadóttir regularly performs live on, there usually accompanied by a trumpeter and a saxophonist. You already toured with Johannsson, with Fever Ray and with the American indie folk band Animal Collective.

Discography

Solo

  • Mount A ( as Lost in Hildurness ) (12 Tónar 2006, republished as Hildur Guðnadóttir on Touch)
  • Without Sinking (Touch 2009)
  • Leyfðu Ljósinu (Touch 2012)

Collaborations and guest posts

  • Runk - Ghengi Dahl ( Flottur culture og god music 2001)
  • Mr. jewelery Farm - Good Sound ( Oral 2005)
  • Stórsveit Nix Nolte - Orkídeur Hawai (12 Tónar / Bubble Core 2005)
  • Angel and Hildur Guðnadóttir - In Transmediale ( Oral 2006)
  • Hildur with Jóhann Jóhannsson Guðnadóttir - Tu Non Mi Perderai Soon ( Touch 2006)
  • Nico Muhly - Speaks volumes ( Bedroom Community 2006)
  • Valgeir Sigurðsson - Equilibrium Is Restored ( Bedroom Community 2007)
  • Ben Frost - Theory of Machines ( Bedroom Community 2006)
  • Skúli Sverrisson - Seria (12 Tónar 2006)
  • Múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy ( Fat Cat 2007)
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir, BJ Nilsen and Stilluppsteypa - Second Childhood ( Mercury 2007)
  • The Knife - Tomorrow, in a Year (2010)
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir & Hauschka - Pan Tone (2010 /12)
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