Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 7:00 PM EST
Online Zoom meeting — click here to join
Creative processes in classical guitar composition
Join us for a virtual presentation by Icelandic guitarist, composer and programer Gulli Björnsson, in a talk about his music and approach to guitar writing.
The presentation will be followed by our Open Mic. Sign up in advance to play — see the Member Events page for details. NYCCGS Member Events are free and open to all members and first-time guests.
Join us for a virtual presentation by Icelandic guitarist, composer and programer Gulli Björnsson in a talk about his music and approach to guitar writing. Gulli composes and performs equally on classical and electric guitar and his music typically ties electronics, live instruments and visuals to experiences in nature, and has been described as “hypnotic” (News Gazette) “a knockout – wondrously inventive” (Soundboard Magazine) and “Virtuosic, modern, occasionally discordant, but still accessible” (Classical Guitar Magazine).
He has written for Aizuri Quartet, S? Percussion, Contemporaneous, Amanda Gookin, Jiji, Vicky Chow, Steve Cowan, Mirror Strings among many others. His compositions have recently been featured by Carnagie Hall, 92nd Street Y, Le Poisson Rouge, Caramoor, Green Music Center, Centre Culturen Canadian Paris, Purdue Convocations, Krannert Center, Rockefeller tri-University, KPU music, NDR Kultur, Ung Nordisk Musik, Oh My Ears Festival, Unruly Sounds, Nantucket Musical Arts Society among others.
Gulli has received accolades for his compositions from Changsha, Rust and Veria International Guitar Composition Competitions and received grants from distinguished institutions such as Fulbright, The American Scandinavian Foundation, Valitor and Landsbankinn. He has also been the recipient of multiple awards for his guitar playing: 1st prize at Nótan (a national music competition in Iceland), winner of The Lilian Fuch’s Chamber Music Competition and a finalist in The ASTA National Solo Competition, European Guitar Award and The International Young Talents Competition. Gulli was the recipient of The Eliot Fisk Prize and The Andrés Segovia Award for his studies at Yale School of Music and Manhattan School of Music. Currently he is a candidate for the Ph.D. degree in composition at Princeton University.
You can find further info about Gulli on his website and artist pages:
https://www.gullibjornsson.org/
