Event Detail

Berglind Tómasdóttir, D.M.A. '13 and Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes will be performing in the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall on Tuesday, February 15 at 5PM. The evening will feature the premiere of a new piece composed by Bára Gísladóttir as well as the screening of Berglind Tómasdóttir's video essay “The Origin of Things” and a Q&A at the end of the concert.

Program:

Carolyn Chen — Stomachs of Ravens (2018)

Berglind Tómasdóttir — Bambaló (2013)

Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir — Iða (2015)

Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson — Riposo (2015)

The Origin of Things (2021)

Video Essay by Berglind Tómasdóttir

Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir — Spuni (2022)

Bára Gísladóttir — Growl Power (2022)

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir — Ethereality (2011)

Q&A with Berglind Tómasdóttir & Björg Brjánsdóttir, flutes

Artist Bios:

Berglind Tómasdóttir is a flutist and interdisciplinary artist living in Reykjavík, Iceland. In her work she frequently explores identity and archetypes, as well as music as a social phenomenon. An advocate of new music, Berglind has worked with composers such as Björk, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Peter Ablinger and Carolyn Chen, and received commissions from Dark Music Days, The National Flute Association, Cycle Music and Art Festival, Reykjavík Arts Festival and Nordic Music Days, to name a few. Berglind Tómasdóttir holds degrees in flute playing from Reykjavik College of Music and The Royal Danish Music Conservatory in Copenhagen and a DMA in contemporary music performance from University of California San Diego. Berglind is a professor in contemporary music performance and program director of NAIP (New Audiences and Innovative Practice) at Iceland University of the Arts.

Björg Brjánsdóttir graduated from the Norwegian Academy of music in the spring of 2017. She has also pursued flute studies at the Music University in Hanover, Munich and Copenhagen. Her main professors were Anna Dina Björn-Larsen, Andrew Cunningham, Per Flemström and Stephanie Hamburger. Björg is the founder of Elja chamber orchestra, which has been prominent in the Icelandic music scene for the last years. Björg is also the flutist of the new music group Caput and performs regularly with various orchestras, such as Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Icelandic Opera, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bergen Opera. In addition to her career as a flutist, Björg is a certified teacher from Musicians' Health and Movement Institute. 

Björg and Berglind are members of the flute septet Viibra and tour around the world with Björk along with playing on Björk’s newest album, Utopia.