Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir
Composer
K.óla (Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir) is an Icelandic artist born in 1996. Alongside studying composition at the Icelandic University of Arts she writes and plays pop-music. Her album ‘Allt verður alltílæ’ (translation: Everything will turn out okay) released in 2019 got nominated for the Pop album of the year at the Icelandic Music awards and won the Kraumur award and ‘Grapevine award: you should have heard this’. Her compositions often include non-linear scores, character-making, non-musical instruments and playfulness. She is a member of the art-collective Post-dreifing which has been very active last 2 years in hosting events and releasing music of grassroot artists in Iceland.
THE RUNNER OF THE SHOW THE RUNNER OF THE SHOW has been performed 3 times in Iceland before. Once at the Icelandic gym, World Class. Once at Iðnó, performed by Elja Ensemble in 2019 and then at the […]
Website
www.k-ola.com
THE RUNNER OF THE SHOW
THE RUNNER OF THE SHOW has been performed 3 times in Iceland before. Once at the Icelandic gym, World Class. Once at Iðnó, performed by Elja Ensemble in 2019 and then at the Dark Music Days 2020 by Caput Ensemble. This is the first time it will be performed as an English/Finnish version. The score is non-linear and has many possibilities. The main conductor of the piece is a Runner on a treadmill. If you want to know more about it feel free to ask the composer: k.olacontact@gmail.com