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On Sunday, March 1 at 20:00, the composers Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir and Pétur Eggertsson will premiere a new work they have composed specifically as an intervention in the ongoing exhibition by visual artist Una Björg Magnúsdóttir, Fylling, in the main hall of Hafnarborg, the cultural and art center of Hafnarfjörður. The concert also marks the closing event of the exhibition. Lilja and Pétur will move between different locations within Una Björg’s exhibition, where their sheet music and instruments will transform into sculptures within the exhibition. The event is part of Hafnarborg’s concert series, Hljóðön.

Tickets are sold on Tix and at Hafnarborg. General admission is 2,900 krónur, and the price for seniors and students is 1,900 krónur. Doors open at 19:30.

Hljóðön, Hafnarborg’s concert series, is dedicated to music of the 20th and 21st centuries, where the unique creativity and artistic explorations of composers lead listeners into unfamiliar territory. The series has been part of Hafnarborg’s program since 2013.

Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir, composer, completed a B.Mus. degree in piano performance in 2016 from the Iceland University of the Arts and a master’s degree in composition from City, University of London in 2018. Last year she completed her doctorate in composition from the same school. Lilja María often works with sound sculptures alongside instruments in her pieces. In the summer of 2016, she received a grant from the Student Innovation Fund to develop the sound and light sculpture Hulda under the guidance of Berglind María Tómasdóttir and Jón Marinó Jónsson, a violin maker. The project was one of five nominated for the President of Iceland’s Innovation Award. In 2022, the album Internal Human was released, a collaboration between Lilja María and dancer Inês Zinho Pinheiro. The project was nominated for the Kraumur Awards and chosen as “Experiment of the Year” by Morgunblaðið. Lilja María is also part of the art collective Hlökk with Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir and Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir. Their first album, Hulduhljóð, received the Kraumur Awards in 2019 and was nominated for the Icelandic Music Awards as album of the year in the open category.

Pétur Eggertsson, composer, graduated with a BA in composition from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2018 and an MA from Mills College in Oakland, California in 2020. Upon graduation, he received the Margaret Lyon Award for outstanding musical achievement. Pétur works through visual art and performance, focusing on transforming sound through random translations into different media, while also exploring and expanding the roles of performers and audiences. With his music, Pétur raises questions about the culture surrounding musical performance and seeks the conceptual connections between music and society. Pétur also releases electronic music under the name Hjalti Kaftu, plays drums with the band Skelkur í bringu, and is one half of the techno-violin duo GEIGEN with Gígja Jónsdóttir. Together they received the Gríma Award in 2023 for Best Music for their show Geigengeist, which received five nominations at the Gríma Awards that year and three awards.

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