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The lecture series Samhengi welcomes musician Gyda Valtýsdóttir on Friday, November 20 with the talk Threads - ways to creation.
The event is in Dynjanda, Skipholt 31, and is open to everyone.
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The lecture series Context welcomes musician Gyða Valtýsdóttir on Friday, November 20th, with the lecture Threads - Paths to Creation.
The event takes place in Dynjandi, Skipholt 31, and is open to all.
Gyða Valtýsdóttir
Gyða Valtýsdóttir is an award-winning musician, but she has received the Icelandic Music Award numerous times and in addition she has been nominated for her work for the Nordic Music Awards, the Nordic Film Composer Award and the Eddun for film music. Gyða won the Nordic Council's Music Award in 2019 for her compositions and musical performances where the creative force breaks out with a decisive voice, original instrumentation and a lot of character magic.
Gyða was one of the members of the band mum from her teens, but left the band to focus on classical music studies. She completed two master's degrees from the University of Music in Basel, Switzerland, in classical cello and free improvisation. She has released 5 solo albums, as well as collaborative projects and has worked with many artists, composed for plays, dance pieces, films and performed on numerous records.