Jórunn Viðar

Jórunn Viðar (7 December 1918 – 27 February 2017) was an Icelandic pianist and composer.

Biography

Jórunn Viðar was born and grew up in

Juilliard School of Music. After they moved back to Iceland, Jórunn worked as a pianist and accompanist. She gave several solo recitals and performed with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, for example in concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann, as well as her own composition, Slátta (1977). She was awarded the Order of the Falcon, Knight's Cross class (Riddarakross), for accomplishments in music.^[1]

Works

Jórunn Viðar has written a number of compositions based on Icelandic folk songs. She also composed music for the film Síðasti bærinn í dalnum (The last farm in the valley). Selected works include:

Gestaboð um nótt (Text: Einar Bragi Sigurðsson)

Glugginn (Text: Halldór Kiljan Laxness)

Hvítur hestur í tunglskini (Text: Aðalsteinn Kristmundsson)

Im Kahn (Text: Cäsar Flaischlen)

Júnímorgunn (Text: Tómas Guðmundsson)

Kall sat undir kletti (Text: Halldóra B. Björnsson)

Mamma ætlar að sofna (Text: Davið Stefansson)

Sönglað á göngu (Text: Valgarður Egilsson)

Þjóðvísa (Text: Tómas Guðmundsson)

Únglíngurinn í skóginum (Text: Halldór Kiljan Laxness)