Stefán Arason

Stefán Arason is an Icelandic composer, born in Neskaupstaður on the east coast of Iceland on June 27, 1978.

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Neskaupstaður - Iceland - June 27 - 1978

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Stefán 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 Þórðarson from 2000 to 2001, graduating with a diploma in Music Theory and Composition in the spring of 2001.

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Piano - 1996 - Reykjavik - Reykjavik College of Music - 1998 - Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson - 2000 - Hilmar Þórðarson - 2001

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

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2001 - Århus - Denmark - Karl Aage Rasmussen - Bent Sørensen - Hans Gefors - 2004

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Stefán'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 Sigurður Pálsson (recorded on the CD "Livets Bro" with the Århus Universy choir) and Hvil sødt, a motet for mixed choir, requested by the cathedral in Århus.

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2001 - Sigurður Pálsson - Motet - Mixed choir - Århus

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