Haukur Tómasson

Haukur Tómasson

Haukur Tómasson (born 1960) is an Icelandic composer. He has a Masters degree from the University of California, San Diego. He has also attended the Reykjavík College of Music,
Musikhochschule Köln and Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam.

His works include six orchestral pieces, three concertos and the chamber opera "Gudruns 4th Song", for which he was awarded the 2004 Nordic Council Music Prize.cite web|url=http://dvm.nu/hierarchy/periodical/ns/2004/03/?show=data/periodical/8/7/f/periodical-1119265905-683886-22039.tkl&type=periodical|work=Danmarks Elektroniske Forskningsbibliotek|author=Anders Beyer|title=The Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson is to be awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize 2004 for the work Gudrun’s Fourth Song|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-23] cite web|url=http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?lang=6&id=3889|title=Music prize to Haukur Tómasson|date=7 June 2004|work=norden|accessdate=2008-07-24] His orchestral piece "Strati" won the Icelandic National Broadcasting System Music Prize in 1993. Other prizes include the 1996 Bröste Optimism Prize and the 1998 Icelandic Music Award for "Gudrun's 4th Song". His composition "Saga (Fabella)" for ensemble won the State Radio's 70th anniversary competition in 2000.

His music is energetic, scintillating and vibrant, combining musical imagination and technical brilliance, with unusual instrumental combinations producing remarkable colourful and complex sounds. His earliest works ("Octette" and "Eco del passato") used Fibonacci numbers to determine the intervals and durations. Later works such as "Spiral", "Strati" and "Offspring" use a different approach based on his so-called "spiral technique". He also started to use Icelandic folk material in his compositions in the late 1990s.cite web|url=http://www.simnet.is/hato/cv.html|title=Haukur Tómasson|date=29 August 2007|accessdate=2008-07-23]

His music is recorded on BIS Records,cite web|url=http://www.bis.se//index.php?op=people&pID=560|title=Haukur Tómasson|work=BIS Records AB|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-23] 12 Tónar and ITM.

Compositions

The following list is from Íslensk tónverkamiðstöð:cite web|url=http://www.mic.is/esearch/Default.aspx?page=3|title=itmsearch|work=Íslensk tónverkamiðstöð|accessdate=2008-07-24]
*1983 - Quartet - (clarinet, violin, violoncello, & piano) duration: 00:06:30
*1984 - Trio - (violin, violoncello & piano) duration: 00:08:00
*1985 - 5 Landscapes - (alto saxophone, bass clarinet in Bmusic|flat/clarinet in Bmusic|flat, horn in F, viola, & guitar) duration: 00:15:00
*1986 - 7 Miniatures - (clarinet & piano) duration: 00:07:30
*1986 - Illumination - (viola) duration: 00:05:00
*1987 - Octette - (flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, horn, viola, violoncello, piano, & percussion) duration: 00:13:00
*1988 - Eco Del Passato - (flute & harpsichord) duration: 00:09:00
*1988 - Ether - (violoncello) duration: 00:05:30
*1988 - Transformations - (clarinet (Bmusic|flat) & chamber orchestra) duration: 00:16:00
*1989 - Quartet Ii - (Bmusic|flat clarinet, violin, violoncello, & piano) duration: 00:08:30
*1990 - Offspring - (orchestra) duration: 00:15:50
*1991 - Attempted Unification - (wind quintet) duration: 00:17:00
*1992 - Spiral - (13 musicians) duration: 00:17:00
*1993 - Strati - (orchestra) duration: 00:10:00
*1993 - Trio Animato - (clarinet in Bmusic|flat, violoncello & double bass) duration: 00:09:00
*1994 - Annual Ring - (orchestra) duration: 00:14:00
*1994 - Annual Ring - (chamber orchestra) duration: 00:14:00
*1996 - Gudrun's 4th Sang - semi - opera (8 soloists, male choir & 15 instruments) duration: 01:05:00
*1997 - Concerto for Flute and Orchestra - (flute & orchestra) duration: 00:18:00
*1997 - Concerto for Violin and Chamber Ensemble - (violin & chamber ensemble) duration: 00:24:30
*1997 - Gatherings - (7 string players) duration: 00:09:00
*1997 - Piano Trio - (violin, cello & piano) duration: 00:09:30
*1997 - Rhyme - (orchestra) duration: 00:08:00
*1998 - Magma - (orchestra) duration: 00:15:00
*1998 - Rhyme - (chamber orchestra) duration: 00:08:20
*1999 - Big Numbers - (soprano & chamber orchestra) duration: 00:23:00
*1999 - Kopia - (flute, horn, viola, guitar (electric guitar), accordion, harpsichord & double bass) duration: 00:36:04
*1999 - Long Shadow - (seven solo strings) duration: 00:18:00
*2000 - Doors To Dreams - (orchestra) duration: 00:15:00
*2000 - Fabella - (chamber orchestra) duration: 00:14:00
*2000 - Pendulum - (cello) duration: 00:02:00
*2001 - Flute Concerto No. 2 - (flute & orchestra) duration: 00:21:00
*2001 - Spring Chicken - (clarinet) duration: 00:03:20
*2002 - Long Shadow - (string quartet) duration: 00:17:00
*2002 - Long Shadow (Six Variations on Fragments of Icelandic Folksongs) - (string quintet) duration: 00:17:00
*2002 - Skíma - Concerto for Two Double Bass & Orchestra - Piano Reduction - (two double basses & orchestra (piano reduction)) duration: 00:17:00
*2002 - Skíma - Concerto for Two Double Basses & Orchestra - (two double basses & orchestra) duration: 00:17:00
*2003 - Broken Chords - (piano) duration: 00:06:00
*2003 - String - (ensemble of 10 players) duration: 00:27:00
*2003 - String Quartet 2003 - (string quartet) duration: 00:10:00
*2004 - Ardente - (orchestra) duration: 00:10:00
*2004 - Songs Of Guðrún - (soprano & chamber ensemble (2 violoncellos)) duration: 00:20:00
*2004 - The Trap (Scene From Gudrun´s 4th Song) - (orchestra -
*2005 - Landslag Með Tíma - (choir & 8 instruments) duration: 00:06:40
*2005 - Songs Of Gudrun - (soprano & orchestra) duration: 00:20:00
*2005 - Trio Animato - (viola, violoncello & double bass) duration: 00:08:00
*2005 - Vetrarkvíði - (flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, violoncello & electronics) duration: 00:08:30
*2006 - Par - (chamber orchestra) duration: 00:23:00
*2007 - Fögnuður - (soprano, mezzo soprano & organ)
*2007 - Hún Er Vorið - (soprano & piano) duration: 00:02:00
*2007 - Niður - Þytur - Brak - (soprano, accordion & 3 percussion players) duration: 00:15:00
*2007 - Reaction - (accordion & double bass) duration: 00:09:20
*2007 - Songs Of Gudrun - (soprano & chamber ensemble) duration: 00:20:00
*2007 - Prophecy - (oboe & orchestra) duration: 00:20:00

References

External links

* [http://www.simnet.is/hato/ Haukur Tómasson]

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