Karólína Eiríksdóttir

Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 10 January 1951) is an Icelandic composer. Biography Karólína was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied piano as a child. She later studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music with Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with George Wilson, Leslie Bassett and William Albright. She graduated with a master’s degrees in music history and research (1976) and in composition (1978), and took a teaching position at the College of Music in Reykjavík. Karólína’s works have been performed in France, England, Vienna, Tokyo, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Argentina. She served as chairman of the board of The Iceland Music Information Centre and of The Society of Icelandic Composers, and was active on the boards of the Reykjavík Arts Festival and Iceland Academy of the Arts. Works Karólína composes for orchestra, solo instruments, chamber ensembles, computer music and opera. Selected works include: *Någon har jag sett, opera (text: Marie Louise Ramnefalk) *Man Alive, opera (text: Árni Ibsen) *Magnus Maria, chamber opera (text: Katarina Gäddnäs) *Skuggaleikur, opera (text: Sjón) *Three Paragraphs for orches