Ólöf Sigríður Valsdóttir

20.05.26
Salurinn Tónlistarhús


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Ólöf Sigríður Valsdóttir
MMus í Sköpun, miðlun og frumkvöðlastarfi – NAIP

Ólöf Valsdóttir studied singing at Conservatorio dall’Abaco di Verona and then at Roosevelt University, in Chicago where she completed a B.M. in Voice Performance. She has performed in many recitals and theatre productions in the US., Iceland and Italy.

Olof gave a recital of Russian and Icelandic songs with pianist, Svetlana Gorzhevskaya at the „Musica di Piazza Navona“ 2006 concert series, in Rome. Later that year Olof and Svetlana performed a concert in the Commemoration of the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit in Reykjavik and sang and played Rachmaninov songs for Mikael Gorbachev at a honorary reception, in Höfði.

Olof has performed jazz at Birdland and the Friars Club in NY. She is currently working on a tango album in NY with Jon Weber and his band.

Olof studied the violoncello and has composed music for short films. Her education also lies in visual arts with participation in several exhibitions. Olof is now in a masters program in New Audiences and Innovative Practice at the Iceland University of the Arts where she recently completed a “Master of Teaching” in singing.

About the piece

Traces of Places
The Adventures of the Nervous Soprano

A multi genre concert with the soprano and cellist, Ólöf Valsdóttir of live and recorded music and visual art, in collaboration with other artists. This concert is Ólöf´s diary; based on her life, memories and stories from different places she lived in and studied. Iceland, Italy and the US are among those places where she performed and recorded with classical, pop and jazz musicians, mixed with improvisational compositions.

Ólöf embodies the nervous soprano, jealous and passionate women – themes that have been there all the time as in Ólöf´s childhood drawings. Now these themes become the extential figure for her multi media concert.