Stefán Arason

Stef?n Arason is an Icelandic composer, born in Neskaupsta?ur on the east coast of Iceland on June 27, 1978.

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Stef?n started studying the piano at the age of seven, later adding various other instruments to his studies. In 1996 he moved to Reykjavik and continued his study of the piano at the Reykjavik College of Music, but in 1998 he moved away from the piano and started focusing on the more challenging work of composing his own music. He studied composition with Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson, from 1998 to 2000, and Hilmar ??r?arson from 2000 to 2001, graduating with a diploma in Music Theory and Composition in the spring of 2001.

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In 2001 he entered composition classes at the Royal Academy of Music, in ?rhus, Denmark where he studied with Karl Aage Rasmussen, Bent S?rensen and Hans Gefors, graduating in the spring of 2004.

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Stef?n's most recognized works to date include 10-11, a piece awarded the European componist prize in 2001, 5 poems about the night, written to a text by Icelandic poet Sigur?ur P?lsson (recorded on the CD "Livets Bro" with the ?rhus Universy choir) and Hvil s?dt, a motet for mixed choir, requested by the cathedral in ?rhus.

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Iceland: The Republic of Iceland (Icelandic: L??veldi? ?sland) is an island nation in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway, and the British Isles....

June 27: June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining....

1978: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar)....

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