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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuYoung soloists
The Young Soloists Concert is a true harvest festival, featuring the students who were the most successful in the soloist and solo singing competition of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The competition is open to all university-level music students, regardless of which school they attend. It is safe to say that those performing here are the future of Icelandic music and it is exciting to watch them take their first steps into a professional career.
The conductor of the concert is Georgian Mirian Khukhunaishvili, who completed his doctoral studies in conducting at the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland, in 2020. Khukhunaishvili has won one conducting competition after another in recent years. He places great emphasis on working with young people and is the founder and music director of the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra and is the choirmaster of the Iceland Academy of the Arts choir, where he also teaches conducting.
A unique atmosphere characterizes this concert, and anticipation is always high when the winners take the stage with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Eldborg.
*The concert is approximately two hours long with a twenty-minute intermission.
Table of contents
Henri Tomasi Concerto for trombone and orchestra
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Henri Tomasi Concerto for trombone and orchestra
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Conductor
Mirian Khukhunaishvili
Mirian Khukhunaishvili
Soloists
Steinn Völundur Halldórsson, trombone
Katrín Birna Sigurðardóttir, cello
Bjargey Birgisdóttir, violin
Steinn Völundur Halldórsson, trombone
Katrín Birna Sigurðardóttir, cello
Bjargey Birgisdóttir, violin
Young Soloists" is a musical harvest festival, where students who excel in the solo instrumental and vocal competitions of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Iceland Academy of the Arts perform. The competition is open to all university-level music students, regardless of which school they attend. It is safe to say that those who perform here are the future of Icelandic music and it is exciting to watch them take their first steps into the professional world.
The conductor is the Georgian Mirian Khukhunaishvili, who completed his doctorate in orchestral conducting at the Music Academy in Krakow, Poland, in 2020. Khukhunaishvili has won numerous conducting competitions in recent years. He places great emphasis on working with young people and is the founder and music director of the Youth Orchestra in Tbilisi and the choir director at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, where he also teaches orchestral conducting.
This concert is characterized by a unique atmosphere and there is always great anticipation when the winners take the stage with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in Eldborg.
Program
Henri Tomasi Concerto for trombone
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Henri Tomasi Concerto for trombone
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Conductor
Mirian Khukhunaishvili
Mirian Khukhunaishvili
soloists
Bjargey Birgisdottir
Katrin Birna Sigurdardottir
Steinn Volundur Halldorsson
Bjargey Birgisdottir
Katrin Birna Sigurdardottir
Steinn Volundur Halldorsson