Photograph by Alexandre Deschamps

Press

“Acting as a one-woman orchestra, this talented Icelandic musician and composer manages to craft something that’s at once big and intimate. Despite the often expansive sound, all instruments are played by Hildur herself, including cello, viola, piano, vibraphone, zither and gamelan” Boomkat

“By creating compositions that emphasize space and depth, Guðnadóttir draws the listener…into an emotional musical landscape” Bleep43

“Mount A appears minimal yet rich, limited in it’s vocabulary and yet open-ended and highly suggestive. The album outdoes itself with each passing piece, as details and often unorthodox instrumentation emerge from the miasma in which Guðnadóttir’s cello is steeped” The Wire

“She sets herself apart from her contemporaries by using slowness to create various intensities that generally only happen with faster music. Further, the album is remarkably cohesive and feels like a narrative despite having no lyrics” Popmatters (on ‘Without Sinking’)

Installations, performances & scored music

“Nacre” – Church organ & Light Organ (2009)

Compostion for Halldorophone #5 (2009)

“Music for Airports 2/2″ – by Brian Eno arranged for a brass sextet (2008)

“Runway” – for a 10 piece wind ensemble and light conducting system (Caput ensemble, 2008)

“Elegant Violence” – With Mia Makela and Kate Pendry (2008)

“Til heidurs Atla” – remix of Grand Duo Concertante by Atli Heimir Sveinsson (2008)

“Brotin milli hleina” – sound/radio installation with BJNilsen (2007)

“In the Shadow of the Sun” – co-writing a choir score to the Derek Jarman film, with Throbbing Gristle (2007)

“Komdu heim” a piece for church chimes written for the York Minister bells (2007)

Music for the video installation “Death.200AD” by Rebecca Erin Moran (2006)

“Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.” Chamber orchestra piece. (Ísafold Chamber Orchestra, 2005)

“Merry Go Round” a soundclock performance for 14 musicians on platforms on wheels, (2005)

“Órói” sound installation (2004)

“McCello” a piece for solo cello on a platform on wheels and electronics (2002)

Music for Theatre

“Skyfall” (The Icelandic Academy of the Arts) (2002)

“Herra madur” (Vesturport) (2003)

“Sumardagur” (The National Theater of Iceland) (2006)

Music for Film

“Der Besuch” by Vicky Cohn, (2004)

“Jón Bóndi” by Una Lorenzen, (2004)

“Another” by Helena Jónsdóttir, (2005)

“The Gift” by Markus Wambsganss, (2006)

“The Bleeding House” by Philip Gelatt (2011)

Music for Dance

“A Circle” with Halla Ólafsdóttir (Nordic Music Days) (2006)

“Náttblinda” by Gunnlaugur Egilsson. (The Royal Swedish Ballet) (2007)

“Ambra” by Ina Christel Johannessen (Icelandic Dance Company and Carte Blanche) (2008)