Margrét Björk Daðadóttir

30.04.25
The hall Kópavogur


Performers
Margrét Björk Daðadóttir, song
Matthildur Anna Gísladóttir, piano
Símon Karl Sigurðarson Melsteð, clarinet

Margrét Björk Daðadóttir
B.Mus. Singing

Margrét Björk Daðadóttir began her singing career at the age of 13 in Langholt Church's Graduale Choir under the direction of Jón Stefánsson. In the fall of 2015, she began studying at the Singing School in Reykjavík under the guidance of Harpa Harðardóttir and Hólmfríðar Sigurðardóttir, where she completed her advanced degree. She began studying singing at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in the fall of 2022 with Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, Kristni Sigmundsson, Dísella Lárusdóttir and Matthilda Anna Gísladóttir. Last fall, she went as an exchange student to the Royal Academy of Music in The Hague, where she studied under the guidance of Amand Hekker. In June of the same year, she received a grant from Vilhjálm Vilhjálmsson's Memorial Fund.

Margrét Björk has performed as a soloist with the Choir of Langholt Church, including in Handel's Dixit Dominus and Bach's G minor Mass under the direction of Magnús Ragnarsson. In the fall of 2018, Margrét Björk sang in the youth choir of the Icelandic Opera in the show Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck and in the spring of 2023 she sang in the Choir of the Icelandic Opera in the opera's production of Madama Butterfly by Puccini. In the fall of 2023, Margrét Björk took part in the project Look at the Music with Art Across under the direction of Stefan Sand, where music was produced for both hearing and deaf and the work was performed both abroad. The project was nominated for the incentive award of the selection committee for outstanding innovation in the performing arts at the Grímu Awards 2024. Margrét Björk also sang in the opera BRÍM by Friðrik-Guðmundar and Adolf Unmarsson in the spring of 2025.