Hildur Guðnadóttir (1982) is an Icelandic cello player, composer and singer who has been manifesting herself at the forefront of experimental pop and contemporary music (e.g. with the band múm). In her solo works she draws out a broad spectrum of sounds from her instrument, ranging from intimate simplicity to huge soundscapes. Gudnadóttir began playing cello as a child, entered the Reykjavík Music Academy and then moved on to musical studies/composition and new media at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and Universitat der Kunste in Berlin.
Hildur has released four critically acclaimed solo albums: Mount A (2006), Without Sinking (2009), Leyfðu Ljósinu (2012) and Saman (2014). Hildur was nominated as composer of the year and Without Sinking got nominated as album of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards in 2009. The same year Without Sinking was also chosen as one of the albums of the year at the Kraumur Awards. Hildur’s albums are all released on Touch.
Among others Hildur has performed live and recorded music with Skúli Sverrisson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, múm, Schneider TM, Angel, Pan Sonic, Hauschka, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Jamie Lidell, The Knife, Fever Ray and Throbbing Gristle.
Download a hi-res photo here. (photo by Antje Taiga Jandrig)
News
- SHAPE+ announces 2024/2025 roster of artists
- SHAPE+ announces 2023/2024 roster of artists
- SHAPE+ platform announces open call for 2023/2024
- Pictures: SHAPE at Maintenant 2015
- Watch a video from this year’s Maintenant Festival!
- Pictures: Hildur Guðnadóttir opening for Sunn 0)))
- Pictures: Hildur Guðnadóttir live in Slovenia
- Live online stream of Hildur Guðnadóttir’s concert this Saturday
- 6th episode of SHAPE radio
- SHAPE evening tonight on Resonance FM
- No emails on the cello: An interview with Hildur Guðnadóttir
Past events
- musikprotokoll 2015
- Biennale Némo
- SONICA CLASSICS II: Hildur Guðnadóttir
- CTM presents: Sunn O))) & Hildur Guðnadóttir
