Högni Gunnar Högnason

07.05.25
The hall Kópavogur


Performers
Högni Gunnar Högnason, cello
Eva Þyri Hilmarsdóttir, piano
Tómas Vigur Magnússon, violin
Styrmir Þeyr Traustason, piano

Högni Gunnar Högnason
B.Mus. Instrumental

Högni Gunnar was born on December 19, 2002 and started Suzuki-cello studies at the age of five with Örnólf Kristjánsson at Sigursvein D. Kristinsson's Music School. Högni Gunnar studied with Örnólf for a full ten years, after which he went to Gunnar Kvaran. He enjoyed the guidance of Gunnar Kvaran for the next four years or until he graduated with a secondary degree from Sigursvein's Music School in 2022. In the fall of 2022, he began studying classical instrumentation at the Iceland Academy of the Arts under the guidance of Sigurðar Bjarka Gunnarsson and Sigurgeir Agnarsson.

Högni Gunnar has participated in various projects over the years, for example he has attended courses in Iceland and abroad, but together with that he has attended a number of masterclasses. He has also participated in various orchestral projects, the most notable of which is the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra's Young Ensemble and the Young Symphony.