Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson

Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson is an Icelandic classical accordionist based in Copenhagen. He graduated with a post-graduate degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in September 2022. Ásgeirsson was among the prize winners of the Young Soloists competition hosted by the Iceland University of the Arts and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and, as a result, played as a soloist with the orchestra. This made him the first Icelander to play an accordion concerto with that orchestra. Ásgeirsson has since performed as a soloist with orchestras on several occasions.

Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson likes to work closely with composers to expand the accordion literature, especially in his native Iceland, and to show other artists the instrument’s potential. He has premiered pieces by numerous composers from the Nordic countries and further afield. Ásgeirsson is a founding member of several established ensembles: The Icelandic accordion trio ítríó, with who he concluded his post-graduate degree; EKKI MINNA, an accordion/cello duo with Andrew Power, who compose their own music alongside performing at international contemporary music festivals; and finally KIMI ensemble with Þórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir and Katerina Anagnostidou, who are both present on this album. In 2022, KIMI released their first album Bittersweet with Dacapo Records, in collaboration with the composer Nikki Martin.