Curriculum
Vitae
The composer and
pianist Snorri Sigfús Birgisson commenced his musical
studies with Gunnar Sigurgeirsson and then went on to study
at the Reykjavík College of Music where his
teachers were Hermína Kristjánsson, Jón
Nordal, Árni Kristjánsson (piano), and
Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson (composition).
He studied piano
with Barry Snyder at the Eastman School of Music,
U.S.A. (1974-1975) and composition with Finn Mortensen in
Norway where he also studied electronic music with Lasse
Thoresen and sonology with Thoresen and Olav Anton
Thommessen (1975-76). Snorri moved to Amsterdam in 1976
where he studied composition for two years with Ton de
Leeuw.
Since 1980 he has
been living in Reykjavík, where he is active as a
musician and music teacher. He has composed solo works,
chamber works, symphonic pieces and choir music. He is a
member of the CAPUT
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ensemble.
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