Griegakademiet – Institutt for musikk, UiB
KONSERT kl 1930 i Gunnar Sævigs sal
Tirsdag 21. Februar 2012
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir, fløyte
Torleif Torgersen, klaver
Solitude Magnus Blöndal Jóhannsson
Ballade (1939) F. Martin (1939)
for Flute and Piano
The Great Train Race (2008) Ian Clarke
6 music minutes from 21 Music minutes (1981) Atli Heimir Sveinsson
for flute solo (with video)
Eveningtones
Snowtones
Fishtones
Birdtones
Stormtones
Tonetones
Techno Yaman (2002) Robert Dick
for Flute and Electronic Keyboard/Drum Machine
Jakabossa joga (2012) Þuríður Jónsdóttir
for Flute and Audience (with Video)
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1965. She received her BA mus. degree with distinction in performance from the New England Conservatory in 1986, and in 1988, her MA mus. from the Juilliard School of Music were she studied with Samuel Baron. She then continued her studies with Alain Marion and Pierre-Yves Artaud at the Paris Conservatory where she was enrolled in the ‘Cycle de Perfectionnement’.
Áshildur has won first prizes at various competitions including The New England Conservatory Commencement Competition, The Annual James Pappoutsakis Memorial Fund Competition, The biennial For Young Nordic Soloists; and The International Young Concerts Artists Competition of Royal Tunbridge Wells. She is also the 3rd prize winner of The International ‘Flute d’Or’ Competition of Paris and the 2nd prize winner and the 1st price winner for the best interpretation of a contemporary work of the International Competition ‘Syrinx’ of Italy.
Áshildur has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Roman, the Umeå Symphony Orchestra, the Baijo Philharmonic, the London Region Symphonia, the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, Musica vitae, Royal Chamber Orchestra Tokyo, Solisti Veniti and regularly with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She has also given solo recitals in such venues as The Lincoln Center and Cami Hall, New York and The Barbican Center and The Purcell Room, London. She has appeared on radio or television in over 20 countries.
Áshildur has published six CD’s. ‘Joueuse de Flûte’, French music for flute and piano; ‘Undine’, romantic music for flute and piano; ‘Concertos by C.Ph.E. Bach, Benda and Haydn’, Concertos by Gösta Nystroem (Intim Musik), Miniatures’ for flute and piano (Spor) and ‘Tónamínútur/Complete Works for Flute’ by Atli Heimir Sveinsson (Smekkleysa).
Áshildur Haraldsdóttir is a member of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and was a member of L’Orchestre Symphonique Français in 1995-1997.
In 2010 the president of Iceland invested Áshildur with the Order of the Falcon, the Knight’s Cross. She is professor of flute at The Reykjavík College of Music, Iceland´s oldest music school. In 2011 Áshildur inagurated Iceland´s new concert hall ‘Harpa’ starring in Mozart´s flute and harp concerto with the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra.