Daníel Bjarnason

• Name — Daníel Bjarnason • Born — 26 February 1979 • Birthplace — Iceland • Occupation — * Composer • conductor • Label — Bedroom Community • Genre — Classical, experimental • Website — https: www.danielbjarnason.com/

Born on 26 February 1979, Daníel studied composition, piano and conducting in Reykjavik, before going on to further study orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He has had a number of works commissioned and debuted by Los Angeles Philharmonic. Daníel is currently composer-in-residence at the Muziekgebouw Frits Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands and was artist-in-residence with Iceland Symphony Orchestra from 2015 to 2018. He has also collaborated with artists from many different genres, including Ben Frost, Sigur Rós and Brian Eno. Various conductors have also performed Daníel's work, including Gustavo Dudamel, John Adams, André de Ridder, James Conlon, Louis Langrée and Ilan Volkov. Daníel's recent work has included collaborations with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Rambert Dance Company, Britten Sinfonia, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, So Percussion and the Calder Quartet. In August 2017, he acted as a co-curator, composer and conductor at the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Reykjavik Festival.

• Processions (2010) – Bedroom Community • Sólaris (with Ben Frost) (2011) – Bedroom Community • Over Light Earth (2013) – Bedroom Community • Djúpið (2017) – Bedroom Community

• 5 Chinese Poems (2001) • 4 Seasons of Yosa Buson (2003) • Skelja (2006) • Fanfare for Harpa (2011) • Four Anachronisms (2012) • Qui Tollis (2013) • Ek Ken Die Nag (2014) • Stillshot (2015)

• All Sounds to Silence Come (2007) • Over Light Earth (2012)

• Emergence (2011) • Blow Bright (2013) • Collider (2015) • From Space I Saw Earth for three conductors (2019)

• Solitudes (2003) • Sleep Variations (2005) • Processions (2009) • Bow to String (2010) • Sólaris (2011) • The Bells (2021)

• Enn fagnar heimur (2011) • Ek Ken Die Nag (2014)

• The Isle Is Full of Noises (2012)

• Larkin Songs (2010)

• Brothers (2017) • Agnes (TBA)

• Smáljón í sjónmáli (2011) • Frames – Alexander Whitley/Rambert (2015)

• Efterklang (Arranging for and performing in live project "Efterklang, Daníel Bjarnason and their Messing Orchestra") • Ben Frost (Sólaris, The Deep) • Olivia Pedroli (Arranging for and appearing on albums The Den and A Thin Line) • Ólöf Arnalds (Arrangements on albums Við og við and Innundir skinni) • Hjaltalín (Arranging for and performing in live project "Alpanon" with Iceland Symphony Orchestra) • Sigur Rós (Arrangements on albums Valtari and Kveikur)