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Official Music Video

The multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson, who has already impressed with his skillful reinterpretations of works by Satie, Schumann and Boulanger, takes on the vocals and plays piano as well as electronic elements. He is supported by strings from the Reykjavík Orchestra under the direction of Viktor Orri Árnason.

"Snorri Hallgrímsson succeeds in making a statement with his deep understanding of space and silence."- Higher Plain Music

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Snorri Hallgrimsson

Snorri Hallgrímsson is an Icelandic composer and producer. A choral singer and classically trained guitar player, he studied composition at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and at Berklee College of Music. Since his debut album “Orbit” in 2018, Hallgrimsson has been combining cinematic post-classical sounds with electronic elements, creating atmospheric film soundtracks and collaborating with Vikingur Ólafsson and Ólafur Arnalds. For Deutsche Grammophon, he reworked an Erik Satie piece.

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