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Viktor Orri Arnason

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An Icelandic Composer Enchants with Poetry: A Debut Album of Beauty and NostalgiaIcelandic composer, conductor, and producer Viktor li rnason releases his captivating debut album, *Poems*, on Deutsche Grammophon. Icelandic poetry from the past and present weaves its way into music brimming with beauty, nostalgia, and human sensitivity. rnason composed the poems on this album in collaboration with the up-and-coming soprano Alfreur Alla Gudmundsdttir. The 10 tracks on the album feature not only their own poetry but also works by Olof Sigurdardottir fra Hlodum (18571933), Hulda (Unnur Benediktsdottir Bjarklind) (18811946), Gudfinna Jonsdottir fra Homrum (18991946), Sigurdur Palsson (19482017), and Arndis Loa Magnusdottir (b. 1994).Viktor lli rnason studied violin and viola at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, as well as composition and conducting at the Hans Eisler School of Music in Berlin.