Gísli Magnússon

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Pianist Gísli Magnússon

Gísli Magnússon (5 February 1929

Reykjavik, Iceland
) was an Icelandic pianist whose career spanned more than half a century.

Magnússon started piano lessons in 1939, at the age of ten. He studied in Reykjavik, Zürich and Rome.

Reykjavik College of Music and graduated in 1949. From there he went on to study with Swiss pianist Walter Frey [de] and graduated as a solo pianist in 1953 from Zürich University of the Arts[1]. In 1954 he played his first concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under conductor Olav Kielland and received rave reviews.[2] The same year he was awarded a one-year grant from the Italian state and studied in Rome under the supervision of Italian pianist Carlo Zecchi.[3]

Young Gísli Magnússon

Magnússon was very active in the Icelandic music scene and appeared in countless concerts, both live and on radio and television. He made many recordings, both as a solo pianist and together with other musicians, in particular cellist

Reykjavik College of Music for the majority of his professional life.[8]

In 2004 a CD with Magnússon's best known recordings, Gísli Magnússon: Píanó, was released by music label

J.S. Bach, Humoresques by Páll Ísólfsson [is] and Vikivaki by Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.[10]


References

  1. ^ Gísli Magnússon. 2001. Mbl.is – Obituaries. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/610061/. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Gísli Magnússon píanó." 2004. CD:Bad Taste Records (Smekkleysa). Text: Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson, Magnús Gíslason.
  3. ^ "Gísli Magnússon píanó." 2004. CD:Bad Taste Records (Smekkleysa). Text: Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson, Magnús Gíslason.
  4. ^ Gísli Magnússon. 2001. Mbl.is – Obituaries. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/608533/. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ Timarit.is. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=974907. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  7. ^ Gísli Magnússon. 2001. Mbl.is – Obituaries. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/610061/. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Gísli Magnússon píanó." 2004. CD:Bad Taste Records (Smekkleysa). Text: Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson, Magnús Gíslason.
  9. ^ "Ég ætla að verða grammófónn". 2004. Morgunblaðið. http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/802052/. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  10. ^ Sigurjón Örn Sigurjónsson. 2004. Skýjaborgir. http://skyjaborgir.blogspot.is/2004/11/gsli-magnsson-pan.html

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