
Þórarinn Guðmundsson
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
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A fragment of the short story of the classical violin
music in Iceland
Sigurjóns Ólafsson Museum
Tuesday February 14th 2023 at 8 pm
Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir violin and
Povl Christian Balslev piano
The first Icelandic violinist to be classically trained was
Þórarinn Guðmundsson (1896−1979). After his studies
in Denmark he returned to Iceland 1913, where he taught and performed the violin.
Pieces from his repetoire and works by him will be performed, some of which on
a violin he favored.
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