Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson

was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1982. Began music studies at the age of seven. In 2005 he graduated from The Iceland Academy of Arts. There he studied composition with Úlfar Haraldsson and Hilmar ór Arson as well as performance with Hilmar Jensson. Currently Gudmundur studies in the M.A. program in composition in Mills College, where he's studied with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith and Annie Gosfield. He has attended masterclasses with Tristan Murail, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Clarence Barlow.

His compositions have been performed at festivals such as U.N.M. and has been performed by ensembles such as Quartet San Francisco (US), The Zapolski Quartet (DK), Atón (IS) by members of ensembles such as Poing (NO), Caput (IS).

Gudmundur Steinn was the musical director of an experimental animated film named Hidebound, which won a special price for music at the NUFF young film makers festival in Norway. He has also been active as an improviser and has performed in that context with musicians such as Steve Hubback, Fred Frith, Andrew D'Angelo, Ad Peijnenburg, Hilmar Jensson and Skúli Sverrisson.

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