COLLABORATIONS
APPARITION
at Eldborg, Harpa, Reykjavík
April 6th, 2022, 8 PM
Andrea Tortosa Baquero, director
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, singing & artistic director
Kunal Lahiry, piano
Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir, dance
Lukasz Palczynski, design
Jan Szeliga, design
Viktor Orri Árnason, violin
Pétur Björnsson, violin
Guðbjartur Hákonarson, viola
Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir, cello
Sarah Hartgens, hair & makeup
Apparition is an event where music, dance and visual arts are intertwined. Performers are the singer Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and the pianist Kunal Lahiry as well as the dancer Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir.
The performance will include the song cycle Apparition by the American composer George Crumb, who died earlier this year, as well as songs by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Álfheiður and Kunal will also premiere a composition by the American composer Nico Muhly, specially composed for the duo, as well as Viktor Orri Árnason's new arrangements of Icelandic folk songs for piano quintet and singer.
NORDEN
Op. 90, No. 1
March 2020
Jean Sibelius • song
Johan Ludvig Runeberg • text
AUDIO
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir • soprano
Kunal Lahiry • pianist
Piotr Wieczorek • recording, mixing & mastering
VIDEO
Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir • dancer & choreographer
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir • director, cinematographer & editor
HOMESCAPES
a visual concert movie
recorded at Kühlhaus
August 2020
Andrea Tortosa Baquero, director
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, singer, visual designer & co-producer
Kunal Lahiry, pianist & co-producer
Yoel Culiner, producer & creative director
Ruben Nsue, dancer
Philipp Reif, sound engineer
Emilio Cordero, light engineer
Adrian Stapf, costume designer
Sarah Hartgens, hair & make up
Nico Muhly, composer
Viktor Orri Árnason, composer & violist
Edi Kutler, violinist
Kaori Kobayashi, violinist
Susanna Szambelan, cellist
Jana Stein, photographer
