Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir

Hailing from the peripheries of Iceland, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir “elemental style” (Steve Smith, The New Yorker) follows inner logics when approaching composition, often integrating sound and other phenomena into an indivisible whole - creating mutable, breathing, living structures through experimental performance practices and notation.

Her work has been commissioned by and/or presented by renowned groups such as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Esbjerg Ensemble, Norrbotten NEO, Decibel, Avanti!, Distractfold, Nordic Affect, Cikada and KNM Berlin to name a few, while featured in major festivals and events such as Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, Tectonics, Nordic Music Days, Only Connect, Ultima, Sigur Rós’s Norður og Niður, KLANG, SPOR, ISCM’s World New Music Days, Sound of Stockholm, Prototype, Sequences Art Biennal and more.

Bergrún holds a master’s degree in composition from Mills College (2017) and since 2022 she is Assistant Professor of Composition at the Iceland University of the Arts in Reykjavík, where she currently resides.