Daníel Bjarnason
Daniel Bjarnason is one of Iceland's most prominent composers, earning performances for his music in the U.S. and continental Europe as well as in his home country. He also has a flourishing career as a conductor.
Bjarnason (byarn-ah-SAHN) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 26, 1979. His parents were Icelandic, and he grew up in Reykjavik, where he studied piano, composition, and conducting. Bjarnason moved to Germany for orchestral conducting studies at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, and he has often conducted his own music. He first gained wide attention in 2003 for Solitudes, a concerto for grand piano and prepared piano (played by a single pianist) with orchestra. His orchestral works found performances with such major ensembles as the Britten Sinfonia, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra in Australia, and the Sinfonietta Cracovia in Poland, and he has engaged in recurring collaborations with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, James Conlon, and Ivan Volkov have programmed his music. In 2015, Bjarnason began a three-year term as composer-in-residence with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and in 2019, he moved on to a similar position at the Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. As a conductor, Bjarnason has led such important ensembles as the BBC Philharmonic, the NDR Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Toronto Symphony, and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with artists outside the world of classical music, including Ben Frost, Sigur Rós, and Brian Eno.
Bjarnason has written works in a variety of media, including orchestral music, concertos, chamber music, choral music, an opera (Brothers, 2017), and film scores. His music has been issued in traditional classical recording formats but is best known from his solo albums, which began to appear in 2010 with Processions, on his Bedroom Community label. He moved to Sono Luminus for Recurrence in 2017 and has since released Concurrence (2019) and Occurrence (2021) there.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of Everything
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 15 Sep 2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
ATMOSPHERIQUES Vol. I
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 28 Apr 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Concurrence
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Víkingur Ólafsson, Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 15 Nov 2019
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Recurrence
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 7 Apr 2017
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Occurrence: ISO Project, Vol. 3
Pekka Kuusisto, Mario Caroli, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason, Thurídur Jónsdóttir
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 22 Jan 2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
From Earth to Ether
Jakob Kullberg, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason, Karin Torbjörnsdóttir
Classical - Released by Dacapo on 23 Jun 2023
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Rhízōma
Caput Ensemble, Justin Dehart, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Snorri Sigfus Birgisson, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 23 Oct 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
A Prayer To The Dynamo / Suites from Sicario & The Theory of Everything
Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 15 Sep 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Over Light Earth
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 30 Sep 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Air to Breath
Gyda Valtysdottir, Daníel Bjarnason
Classical - Released by Sono Luminus on 7 Aug 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Processions
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 2 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Under the Tree (Original Score)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bedroom Community on 18 May 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Processions
Classical - Released by Bedroom Community on 2 Jan 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Over Light Earth
Experimental - Released by Bedroom Community on 30 Sep 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Under the Tree (Paul Corley - Að Grafa Remix)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Bedroom Community on 8 Jun 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Under the Tree (Alex Somers Remix)
New Age - Released by Bedroom Community on 25 May 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo