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Vikingur Olafsson

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Víkingur grew up in Iceland where he studied with Erla Stefánsdóttir and Peter Máté. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald. Víkingur’s awards and recognitions include seven Icelandic Music awards and The Icelandic Optimism Prize 2009, awarded by the presidential office to an outstanding artist in any field.

Top songs

  1. Glassworks : Opening
  2. …And At The Hour Of Death
  3. Études : No. 15
  4. Prelude In G Major
  5. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 : 2. Adagio
  6. Études : No. 9
  7. Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (Transcr. by Víkingur Ólafsson)
  8. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Chorale Prelude BWV 659 (Transcr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
  9. Études : No. 2
  10. Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson)
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  1. Études: No. 18
  2. Études : No. 6
  3. Études : No. 13
  4. Prelude Fugue in C Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847 : 1. Prelude
  5. For Jóhann
  6. The Arts and the Hours
  7. Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)
  8. Études : No. 5
  9. Les tendres plaintes
  10. Études: No. 5
  11. Muse d'eau
  12. Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528 : 2. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
  13. La damoiselle élue, L. 62 : Prélude
  14. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Minor : I. Andante spiritoso
  15. La damoiselle élue
  16. Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 : 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
  17. L'entretien des Muses
  18. Le Rappel des oiseaux
  19. BWV 974 - II Adagio
  20. Prelude & Fugue in C Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 2), BWV 847 : 1. Prelude
  21. Glass: Glassworks-Opening
  22. La Villageoise
  23. Études: No. 9 (Reworked by CFCF)
  24. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, Chorale Prelude BWV 734 (Transcr. Wilhelm Kempff)
  25. Musette en rondeau
  26. Glassworks : Glass: Glassworks - Opening
  27. Glassworks: Opening
  28. Glass: Etudes-No. 2
  29. Études: No. 2
  30. Glass: Glassworks-Opening (Reworked By Christian Badzura)
  31. Études: No. 9
  32. Glass: Etudes-No. 9
  33. Glass: Etudes-No. 6
  34. Tambourin
  35. Études : No. 3
  36. Études : No. 14
  37. Estampes, L. 100 : 3. Jardins sous la pluie
  38. Glass: Etudes-No. 2 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)
  39. Études : No. 18
  40. Rameau: Le Rappel des oiseaux
  41. Glass: Etudes-No. 5
  42. Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, Chorale Prelude BWV 639 (Transcr. by Ferruccio Busoni)
  43. Études: No. 6
  44. Glass: Etudes-No. 13
  45. Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801
  46. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: 2. Adagio
  47. J.S. Bach: Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528 - 2. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
  48. Les tourbillons
  49. Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 : 6. Des pas sur la neige
  50. La joyeuse
  51. Glass: Etudes-No. 15
  52. Les Cyclopes
  53. Sinfonia No. 12 in A Major, BWV 798
  54. Children's Corner, L. 113 : 4. The Snow Is Dancing
  55. Children's Corner, L. 113 : 3. Serenade for the Doll
  56. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: IV. Sarabande
  57. Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528 : II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. by August Stradal)
  58. Glass: Etudes-No. 3
  59. Glass: Etudes-No. 14
  60. Études : No. 20
  61. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786
  62. Glass: Etudes-No. 5 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)
  63. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Aria
  64. Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829: I. Preambulum
  65. Études: No. 13
  66. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783
  67. Glass: Etudes-No. 18
  68. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation I. Largo
  69. Études: No. 15
  70. Bruyères
  71. Études : No. 2 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)
  72. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation V. Un poco allegro
  73. L’Enharmonique
  74. Prelude In E Minor, BWV 855 (Arr. Piano In B Minor By Alexander Siloti)
  75. Englabörn (Víkingur Ólafsson Piano Version)
  76. Prelude Fugue in E Minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, No. 10), BWV 855 : 1. Prelude
  77. Glass: Etudes-No. 9 (Reworked By Cfcf)
  78. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation II
  79. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation VI. Andante
  80. Glassworks : Opening (Reworked By Christian Badzura)
  81. La Poule
  82. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Aria da capo
  83. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation IV. Allegro
  84. Études: No. 14
  85. Glass: Etudes-No. 20
  86. Études: No. 3
  87. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile" : II. Andante
  88. Préludes / Book 2, L. 123 : 8. Ondine
  89. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation III
  90. Aria variata (alla maniera italiana) in A Minor, BWV 989 : Variation VII. Un poco allegro

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