Contemporary Music

New music plays an important role in Gudrún’s career. She has offered world premières of new works by composers of different nationalities, sometimes specifically commissioned by her, both in her role as a performer with different ensembles and as the artistic director of the Kirkjubaejarklaustur Chamber Music Festival in Iceland.

Composers whose works she has premiered and worked with include:

Ólafur Óskar Axelsson

George Benjamin

Daníel Bjarnason

Agustín Castilla-Ávila

Bára Grímsdóttir

Hugi Gudmundsson

Francisco Javier Jáuregui

Thurídur Jónsdóttir

Federico Jusid

Sebastián Mariné

Thóra Marteinsdóttir

Áskell Másson

Polina Medyulyanova

Pablo Miyar

Alfonso Molina

Eduardo Morales-Caso

Páll Ragnar Pálsson

David del Puerto

Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson

Thorkell Sigurbjornsson

Guðmundur Óli Sigurgeirsson

Bent Sörensen

John Speight

Atli Heimir Sveinsson

Kjartan Sveinsson

Hreiðar Ingi Thorsteinsson

Haukur Tómasson

José Luis Turina