Þráinn Hjálmarsson: Archive

MMXII premiered in Norðurljós, Harpa concert...

The piece MMXII (for 2 db. and perc.) will be premiered at the Tectonics music festival - curated by Ilan Volkov, proudly presented by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Concert will take place in Norðurljós, concert hall in Harpa. Saturday 3rd of March at 21. Tickets should be available online through midi.is Links: Tectonics music festival Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Feb 6th

Radio Theater: Svipleiftur

A radio show made by Jón Hallur Stefánsson on the life of the writer Steinar Sigurjónsson, since 2008 or so, re-played on Rás 1 on the National radio broadcast (RÚV). Thursday 12th of January 2012 at 22:20. The show is in Icelandic. Link: Útvarpsleikhúsið: Svipleiftur

Jan 14th

Animated notation -...

http://animatednotation.blogspot.com/ - Blog-site on Animated Notation ‘Anything to do with animated notation, video notation, real-time notation and basically any kind of musical notation. Links to audio and video examples, articles, papers and discussions, people and groups, tips and tools.’ An up and coming field of interest amongst composers today.

Jan 11th

Dec 14th

Reykjavík Grapevine on LornaLAB →

Kári Tulinius writes about LornaLAB and it recent activity.

Dec 12th

Nov 20th

Thranophone performance at Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur,...

A short duet on Thranophones (#2: Requiem and the resonance sketch from the current research process) by Þráinn and Ingi Garðar Erlendsson in Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur on the 19th of November at 16. The event is a release celebration of the art magazine Endemi.

Nov 17th

Nov 12th

Lecture on Thranophones at LornaLAB, Reykjavík Art...

29th of October, 2011 at 13:00, Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík. Lecture on “Thranophones - introduction to the instrument and it’s future development.” The Lecture is part of LornaLAB, curated by Halldór Úlfarsson, visual artist. Links Reykjavík Media LAB / LornaLAB Further on the lecture at LornaLAB

Oct 15th

Oct 4th

Sculpture #3 performed by Fengjastrútur, 30th of...

Fengjastrútur will perform Sculpture #3 at the International new music festival; Sláturtíð 2011. The concert takes place at Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Reykjavík, on the 30th of September 2011 at 20. Links Sláturtíð 2011 - New music festival in Reykjavík, held by S.L.Á.T.U.R. Sculpture #3

Sep 16th

Sep 12th

Exhibition in Gallerý Suðsuðvestur, 2.-4....

The exhibition of S.L.Á.T.U.R in Gallerý Suðsuðvestur in Reykjanesbær, Iceland, opens Friday, 2nd of September and is open until 4th of September. The video installation Episode: corner resonance is featured in the exhibition, other works are by Áki Ásgeirsson, Jesper Pedersen, Magnús Jensson, Páll Ivan frá Eiðum and Þorkell Atlason. Opening hours: Friday (2nd), Exhibition opening at 18 ...

Aug 25th

Athelas sinfonietta performing Sculpture #1-1,...

Athelas sinfonietta performs Sculpture #1-1 at the UNM 2011 festival, held in Copenhagen, the concert takes place at the concert hall of Royal Danish Academy of Music, 22.08.2011 at 19:30 Links Sculpture #1-1 Athelas sinfonietta

Aug 15th

SKARK performing Sculpture #2, 3rd of August 2011

SKARK, string ensemble, will be performing Sculpture #2 at the opening concert of the music festival Tónlistarhátíð Unga fólksins in Salurinn, Kópavogur on 3rd of August 2011 at 20:00. Other pieces on the program are Serenada for string orchestra in E-major, op. 22 by Antonin Dvorak and Aurora by Iannis Xenakis. Links Tónlistarhátíð Unga Fólksins Link to the concert Website of SKARK string...

Jul 27th

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Jul 4th

Thranophone in a piece by the Norwegian composer... →

The Norwegian composer Erik Stifjell will be using Thranophone #2 in a new piece that will be performed in October in Norway. His piece, an octet for electric guitars and trombones will be featured at Arctic Trombone Festival. Erik Stifjell stifjell: My finished raisins-box Thranophone with on/off-switch, volume control and effect loop. It works perfectly. This instrument, and three more will...

Jun 27th

Concert in Nutshuis - 17th of June 2011

Sculpture #3 [2011] and 8’ for 4 thranophones and white noise [2007] will be performed at a concert in Nutshuis, Den Haag on the 17th of June 23:30-01:00. Performers in Sculpture #3 are Corné Roos, David Pocknee, Maya Felixbrot, Milana Zaric, Nikolaj Kynde and Þráinn Hjálmarsson. Performers in 8’ for 4 thranophones and white noise are Karl Ingi Karlsson, Lovorka Holjevac, Nikolaj...

Jun 13th

Concert at Studio Loos, Den Haag - Ephémère 9

A sketch for a new piece, Projected Notation, will be premiered on the 9th Ephémére event at Studio Loos, 9th of June 2011. With me in the concert Karl Ingi Karlsson, Nikolaj Kynde, Lovorka Holjevac will perform. Other pieces are KOSKO and 8’ (for 4 Thranophones and white noise) Ephémère 9

Jun 2nd

May 10th

Notation as an active part of composition

Monday 9th of May 2011 I will lecture on “Notation as an active part of a composition” with some questions of Angus Barnacle. The lecture will take place at Studio III at Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag at 16:00. The lecture is a part of my M.A. studies at the Koncon.

May 4th

Thranophone broadcasted in a piece by Áki... →

This monday, 2nd of May 2011, the Icelandic radio show on the Icelandic national broadcasting service, Ópus, plays recordings from a concert held at the exhibition Sound Field at the National Gallery in Iceland, last 2nd of April, 2011. The concert was tributed to the instrument of Halldór Úlfarsson, called Halldorophone, where he commissioned pieces by composers for his instrument, combined with...

Apr 30th

Apr 27th

Sound Field exhibition at National gallery of...

-Saturday 16th of April 2011, at 13:00, at National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík.- I’ll give a short lecture in Icelandic at the exhibition Sound Field on the topic of “Notation as a part of the composition/notation as an instrument”, where I’ll discuss the pieces KOSKO [2009] and Sculpture #3 [2011]. Other lectures are by Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, Áki Ásgeirsson and...

Apr 15th

The launch of a website →

Some overview of the works are available through this new website.

Mar 31st

Mar 25th

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Score of the piece Sculpture #3 [2011] - written for 6 players, is available on Vimeo, contact thrainn.hja [ a t ] gmail [ d o t ] com to gain access to the video. Above, a screenshot from the score —- 16th of April 2011 at 13:00, Listasafn Íslands [National gallery of Iceland], Reykjavík, This piece mentioned and explained in the lecture “Notation as a part of the composition”. As a part...

Mar 24th

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Score of the piece Badiou [2009] - written for 5 players (Cymbal choir + tubular bells), is available on Vimeo, contact thrainn.hja [ a t ] gmail [ d o t ] com to gain access to the video. Above, a screenshot from the score —- First performance on Sláturtíð 2009-festival in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Mar 22nd

POEM →

At a seminar in July 2010, I presented new ways to think in terms of music temperaments, mentioning how phase/pitch cancellation may have had some part in the development of harmony and as well the idea of looking at pitches as a spatial distances. For that occasion I sonified “POEM” by the visual artist Sigurður Guðmundsson as an example of pitches as spatial distances. Right click...

Mar 18th

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Score of the piece KOSKO [2009] - written for 4 players, is available on Vimeo, contact thrainn.hja [ a t ] gmail [ d o t ] com to gain access to the video. Above, a screenshot from the score —- 16th of April 2011, at 15:00 at National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík. Performance of KOSKO. 16th of April 2011, at 13:00 at National gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík. KOSKO will be discussed...

Mar 17th

News update

“…just like the theater, it can not express persons or ideas directly, it only can produce events […] how many personas does King Lear have?” -From an interview by Þrístrendur Bjákni [to be published in whole soon] Upcoming concerts: 20th of March 2011, ACEC-building, Apeldoorn, The Ligeti academy performing Five monochromes (non-music-theater setting) [2011] 6th...

Mar 9th

Feb 21st

Jan 10th

Jan 7th

Dec 20th

Dec 7th

KOSKO

KOSKO is available on Gogoyoko, it appears on the album of S.L.Á.T.U.R (e. Collective of artistically obtrusive composers around Reykjavík) titled Hefti 1 / Volume 1

Nov 18th

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sketch for Sculpture #5-1

Oct 31st

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An event →

A website.

Oct 26th

Sculpture #2 (2010) performed by Fengjastrútur at...