Daníel Bjarnason
Conductor / Composer
“…coming eerily close to defining classical music’s undefinable brave new world.”
(Time Out New York)

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(BBC Music Magazine, March 2021)
(LA Times, February 2020)
(San Francisco Classical Voice, February 2020)
(Richard Hanlon, MusicWeb International, February 2020)
(Re.Concurrence, Gramophone, March 2020)
(A Closer Listen, November 2019)
(Arbetarbladet, March 2019)
(Gefle Dagblad, March 2019)
(acloserlisten, October 2018)
(Opera Magazine, September 2018)
(The Star, March 2018)
(Gramophone)
(Time Out New York)
(New York Times)
(A Closer Listen)
(New York Times)
Orchestral
Trilogy for Orchestra - Part 1: I Want to be Alive: Echo / Narcissus
Orchestral
Trilogy for Orchestra - Part 1: I Want to be Alive: Echo / Narcissus
Orchestral
Instrumentation
3(2alto, 3picc).3(3ca).3(3bcl).3(3cbsn) — 4.3.3.1 — t.3p.h — pi(doubling on electric pi, amplifier on stage) — electric guitar — str
Year
2023
Duration
17 minutesFirst performance
7 – 10 June 2023 by Toronto Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Gimeno at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto
Commissioned by
Toronto, Cincinnati and Iceland symphony orchestras & Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
A Fragile Hope
Orchestral
A Fragile Hope
Orchestral
Instrumentation
3.3.3.3 — 4.3.3.1 — t.3p.h.pno/cel — str (maximum 16.14.12.10.8)
Year
2023
Duration
15 minutesFirst performance
[UPCOMING] 29 February 2024
Commissioned by
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Chamber
Northern Comfort
ChamberSaxophone, Rhodes piano, double bass and drums
Northern Comfort
Chamber
Saxophone, Rhodes piano, double bass and drums
Instrumentation
Saxophone, Rhodes piano, double bass and drums
Year
2023
Duration
2 minutes 24 seconds Song for Sarah
ChamberSaxophone, piano and double bass
Song for Sarah
Chamber
Saxophone, piano and double bass
Instrumentation
Saxophone, piano and double bass
Year
2023
Duration
4 minutes 3 seconds