
Vikingur Olafsson from Facebook
"...What to say... I am really very grateful - and I realize I am privileged - to have had millions of people listening this year I don’t take it for granted. I do think that one of the brighter sides of this troubled 2020 is that never before in history have so many people listened to classical music recordings. Not even close. And before we know it, we will have our concerts back in full swingthank you all for following my work. There is a new solo album coming your way in autumn 2021 after we @dgclassics finish releasing the Debussy Rameau Reflections project in the spring and thanks to @spotify.."
DGG pubblica la prima parte del Progetto Debussy & Bruyères: Reflections Part 1
Il progetto illustra la rielaborazione in chiave moderna di due rivoluzionari compositori francesi: Debussy e Rameau. Olafsson ha dichiarato “ Desideravo esplorare alcune composizioni da una prospettiva nuova, di reimmaginarle estimolare compositori contemporanei e rielaborare alcuni elementi di quest opere straordinarie”.
Le altre 3 parti previste dal progetto saranno pubblicate in gennaio, febbraio e marzo 2021, il ciclo completo il 12 marzo 2021.
Olafsson è stato anche invitato a curare l'APPLE MUSIC PLAYLIST “PIANO CHILL”
After the remarkable global success of his award-winning J.S. Bach recording, celebrated Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson returns with his third solo album. Debussy · Rameau, released today by Deutsche Grammophon, juxtaposes pieces by two of the greatest French composers – both musical revolutionaries – exploring the contrasts and common ground between them. The innovative new recording follows Ólafsson’s extraordinary albums Philip Glass Piano Works and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Nuova incisione per Dgg
Rameau Les Boréades: The arts and the hours (trasrcizione di V. Olafsson)
Gramophone
A mesmering new firm of our newly-crowned Artist of the year Vikingur Olafsson, playing the Andante from Bach's Organ Sonata n. 4
Annunciati ieri i vincitori del premio tedesco Opus Klassik 2019. Tra questi Jörg Widmann compositore dell'anno, Víkingur Ólafsson miglior album solista e lo Schumann Quartett per la miglior registrazione con Anna Lucia Richter. La cerimonia di premiazione si terrà il 13 ottobre alla Konzerthaus di Berlino.
Il giovane pianista Vikingur Olafsson ha vinto i premi Recording of the Year e Instrumental of the Year ai BBC Music Magazine Awards grazie all'album Johann Sebastian Bach registrato con la Deutsche Grammophone.
"THE UNIVERSE THAT IS BACH"
For his new Deutsche Grammophon album, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson explores the wellspring of Johann Sebastian Bach’s keyboard music, delivering experimental, innovative and timeless performances”
Best Classical Music Recordings of 2017
PHILIP GLASS: Piano Works Vikingur Olafsson (Deutsche Grammophon). Mr. Glass’s piano études have been criticized as unmusical, or even boring. But Mr. Olafsson’s recording of 10, rich with interpretive depth and surprising turns, is nothing short of eye-opening. J.B.