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New single out by Bára Gísladóttir

Bára Gísladóttir (c) Juliette Rowland

New single out by Bára Gísladóttir

On 4 September a new album by Icelandic composer and double bass player Bára Gísladóttir is released - get a pre-taste of the music already now in the single GRAVIS.

New release
21 August 2020

The works of Icelandic composer and double bass player Bára Gísladóttir (b.1989) are characterised by a deep and self-reflective calm, at times producing an almost meditative state in the music. In her pieces, time is as likely to move in circles as it is moving forwards towards a distinct goal.

Whether writing for acoustic instruments or electronics, Gísladóttir is especially concerned with the rich details of sounds. Thus, overtones, liminal registers and multiphonics play an essential part in her works, creating an atmosphere of slowly progressing mystery.

On Friday 4 September Bára Gísladóttirs work HĪBER is released - a piece for double bass and electronics in eight movements, written and performed by Gísladóttir herself. In HĪBER, a unified and uncompromising soundscape unfolds - one where sounds of different origin join textures and techniques and merge into a single aural organism.

Today a single from the album is released, the movement GRAVIS, offering a taste of the complete work. GRAVIS can be streamed on various streaming platforms.

Bára Gísladóttir studied at the Iceland University of the Arts, Conservatorio di musica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano and the Royal Danish Academy of Music. Gísladóttir received the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation Talent Award 2019, the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize 2018, and the Grapevine Music Award 2017 for her work as a composer.

A trained double bassist herself, Gísladóttir has performed many of her own works onstage. Thanks to its long strings the double bass produces a wide spectrum of overtones, making it a natural focus in several of Gísladóttir’s compositions.

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    HĪBER