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Icelandic Sounds
Sun, Oct 06
|Mindekirken
Kristín Jónína Taylor and Jim Reilly will present a varied program of Icelandic piano and vocal music. Piano solos by Páll Ísólfsson, Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Mist Thorkelsdóttir. Songs by the Icelandic-Canadian composer S. K. Hall, and traditional favorite Icelandic art songs. Tickets $15
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Mindekirken, 924 E 21st St, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
About the event
This program is co-sponsored by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional music fraternity.
Dr. Kristín Jónína Taylor is an Icelandic-American pianist, enthusiastically received for her performances of Nordic piano works, including the North American premiere of Jón Nordal’s Piano Concerto in 2003 and programs for the Ambassador of Iceland and President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. The recipient of two Fulbright scholarships for study in Iceland; she has performed and presented her research worldwide. Dr. Taylor was the Grand Prize Winner of the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, a finalist in the Music Teacher’s National Association Young Chang Collegiate Competition; she has recorded for the Pólarfónía, Smekkleysa, Iceland Music Information Centre, and MarkMasters labels.
Kristín is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and in 2022 the Nebraska Music Teachers Association designated her as Nebraska Teacher of the Year. A Steinway Artist, she was elected…