Tender Love – Juicy Love Songs

Singer Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and pianist Einar Bjartur Egilsson perform love songs from various countries, spanning a period of more than 150 years.

The summer living room concert series continues at Laxness Museum with singer Gunnlaugur Bjarnason and pianist Einar Bjartur Egilsson. They will perform next Sunday, August 10th at 4 PM, and the program contains love songs from various countries, spanning a period of more than 150 years. 

Einar Bjartur Egilsson studied at the Sigursveinn D. Kristinsson Music School and Iceland University of the Arts. He graduated in the spring of 2013 and performed that same year as a soloist in F. Poulenc’s piano concerto with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. 

From 2013–15 he pursued a master’s degree at the Conservatorium in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in December 2014 received a grant from the Birgir Einarsson Memorial Fund. Einar has composed music for several short films, and in late 2015 he released Heimkoma, his first album of original compositions. He has performed at music festivals in the Netherlands and Iceland and worked with various choirs both at home and abroad. 

These days, Einar mainly works as an accompanist with various musicians, students, and choirs. He gives concerts regularly and occasionally performs solo works. In recent years, he has released two albums of piano music by Swiss composer Frank Baumann, as well as Kyrrð, an album of his own works, in the summer of 2022. 

Gunnlaugur Bjarnason, from Selfoss, began his singing career with the band RetRoBot, which won the competition The Icelandic Music Experiments in 2012. A few years later, he turned to classical music, and in 2020 he won the Vox Domini singing competition, earning the title Voice of the Year. Gunnlaugur is a member of the theater group Animato and has sung in three of their operas: Mærþöll, Gilitrutt, and Hliðarspor. He has performed widely, including at The National Festival in the Westman Islands, the Hafnarborg Song Festival, Kúnstpása, Ung Nordisk Musik, the Bergen International Festival, and many other venues. Gunnlaugur places great emphasis on close collaboration with composers and has taken part in the premieres of many works. This winter, he will perform with the performing arts group Óður in their production of La Bohème at the Reykjavík City Theatre. 

You are warmly invited to a lovely concert on August 10th in the Nobel Laureate’s living room. 

Admission is 3,900 ISK, and tickets are sold at the museum's reception on the day of the concert, August 10th.  

You can view the full schedule of Laxness Museum’s living room concerts here.  

Parking is available at Jónstótt.