Víkingur Ólafsson is Front Row’s new Artist in Residence

Vikingur Olafsson © Ari Magg

Víkingur Ólafsson is Front Row’s new Artist in Residence

9/4/2020

I am very happy to get to perform and talk about music on Front Row, the programme that has brought me so much inspiration and ideas over the years. Tonight I will be performing my own transcription of Sigvaldi Kaldalóns’ Ave Maria. Kaldalóns was a doctor and Ave Maria is by nature the perfect setting for this Thursday before Easter. I dedicate this prayer to all the people suffering but more specifically to all the health workers who are so selfless in the fight against COVID-19.”

 - Víkingur Ólafsson