SOUND CHECK Hildur Guðnadóttir this Saturday

SOUND CHECK Hildur Guðnadóttir this Saturday

//Adam Art Gallery and Altmusic are proud to present

a performance by Hildur Guðnadóttir

with Nether Dawn and Seth Frightening

Saturday 20 August 2011, 8pm

Adam Art Gallery

Gate 3, Kelburn Parade

$10 on the door

Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (b. 1982) is a cellist and composer based in Iceland. Best known for her collaborations with múm and guest appearances with Pan Sonic, she has a rich catalogue of collaborations and varied projects behind her, the most recent being the critically acclaimed album Mount A (Touch 2010).

"Her themes and melodies are simple, rarely more than a few bars, but the way she overlaps and combines them or pits them against long held tones, gives her music a tension between restless activity and quiet stasis, as well as an intui-tive, almost improvised feel" - Dusted magazine.

Guðnadóttir explores the nature and movement of sound, and often turns her ex-periments into sound and visual installations. She recently co-composed a live soundtrack to Derek Jarman's 1980 film In The Shadow of The Sun with legends Throbbing Gristle in Austria and London. Guðnadóttir is also a member of Storsveit Nix Noltes (The Nix Noltes Big Band); a rotating cast of Icelanders playing traditional Bulgarian and Greek dance music. The group has toured the United States twice supporting Animal Collective.

Guðnadóttir has collaborated, played and recorded with other artists such as Skúli Sverrisson, Hilmar Jensson, Hafler trio, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Nico Muhly, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Angel, SchneiderTM, Ben Frost and Stilluppsteypa. As a com-poser she has written music for plays, dance performances and films, pieces for chamber orchestras, various instruments, voices and electronics.

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Thank you to the New Zealand School of Music.

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