“Icelandic pianist brings magic and spontaneity to Bach”
The Guardian
“A remarkable Bach recital that filled me with hope”
The I Paper
6 October 2023 — Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, Víkingur Ólafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. Ólafsson is devoting his entire 2023-24 season to touring the work globally across six continents, and the album is out now on Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music Canada. “I have dreamed of recording this work for 25 years,” says the Icelandic pianist.
“Víkingur Ólafsson breathes new life into every note of the Goldberg Variations,” says Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon. “His subtle sensitivity of touch makes this complex composition seem light and effortless. Víkingur’s take on this pinnacle of Baroque musical art offers an almost paradoxical combination of the playful and the profound. This is how music composed ‘to refresh...
The Guardian
“A remarkable Bach recital that filled me with hope”
The I Paper
6 October 2023 — Celebrated for his visionary interpretations of J.S. Bach, Víkingur Ólafsson, one of the greatest pianists and musical minds of today, now embraces Bach’s monumental Goldberg Variations. Ólafsson is devoting his entire 2023-24 season to touring the work globally across six continents, and the album is out now on Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music Canada. “I have dreamed of recording this work for 25 years,” says the Icelandic pianist.
“Víkingur Ólafsson breathes new life into every note of the Goldberg Variations,” says Dr Clemens Trautmann, President Deutsche Grammophon. “His subtle sensitivity of touch makes this complex composition seem light and effortless. Víkingur’s take on this pinnacle of Baroque musical art offers an almost paradoxical combination of the playful and the profound. This is how music composed ‘to refresh...
- 10/7/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
26 January 2023 – On its release last autumn, Víkingur Ólafsson’s most recent album, From Afar, was greeted with widespread critical and public acclaim. Its most successful track to date is the pianist’s own transcription of his compatriot Sigvaldi Kaldalóns’ Ave María, which has already been streamed over 11 million times. Now Ólafsson has made a beautiful music video for the track, filmed on the isolated island of Engey, just off the coast of Reykjavík. The video debuted Deutsche Grammophon YouTube channel at on Thursday 26 January. A complementary making-of video will be available to watch on Ólafsson’s YouTube channel from Thursday 2 February.
“It’s a song very often played at the darkest moments in our lives,
to give hope and to bring light … I’m so happy to see that the message
of this Ave María is universal”
Víkingur Ólafsson
Kaldalóns (1881-1946) was a doctor, as well as a composer, and...
“It’s a song very often played at the darkest moments in our lives,
to give hope and to bring light … I’m so happy to see that the message
of this Ave María is universal”
Víkingur Ólafsson
Kaldalóns (1881-1946) was a doctor, as well as a composer, and...
- 1/26/2023
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
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