Jónas Sen
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Jónas Sen (born 1962) is an Icelandic pianist,[1] music critic for Fréttablaðið,[2][3] composer[4][5] and TV host.[6]
He was the keyboard player in Björk’s band, which was on a world tour in 2007 and 2008.[7] In 2011 Björk and Jónas arranged all the Biophilia songs for keyboard instruments, which were released on the iPad and iPhone versions of Biophilia.[8][9]
Jónas has hosted several TV programs for RÚV, The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, about music in Iceland. These include 12 programs about Icelandic instrumentalists (Tíu fingur),[10] broadcast in 2006, eight programs about Icelandic singers (Átta raddir),[11] which were broadcast in 2011 and Tónspor, broadcast in 2012.[12] His TV program about Gunnar Kvaran, a well known cellist in Iceland, was aired in December 2012.
Discography
[edit]Jónas Sen
[edit]Versations Tetralogia
[edit]- 2005 - Collaboration with Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Björk, Borgar Magnason and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson.
Langt fyrir utan ystu skóga
[edit]- 2011 - New arrangements of songs by Björk, performed with Icelandic singer Ásgerður Júníusdóttir. The album also features songs by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Iceland Review Online - New Releases of Icelandic Albums, May 22, 2011
- ^ Fréttablaðið, September 7, 2012
- ^ Electrified Harpa a raging success - Five stars from music critic Jónas Sen for the opening programme on May 13th, 2011
- ^ Gabríela Fridriksdóttir Inside the Core at Migros Museum
- ^ "Kaitheater, "H, an Incident"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
- ^ www.ruv.is - Tónspor
- ^ www.bjork.com/#/past/people Archived 2007-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ elmundo.es July 17, 2007
- ^ Iceland Review online, Aug 26, 2008
- ^ "Tíu fingur, nýr sjónvarpsþáttur um klassíska tónlist", Morgunblaðið, October 8, 2006
- ^ "Jónas Sen gerir átta þætti um átta íslenska söngvara", Morgunblaðið, July 9, 2009
- ^ www.ruv.is - Tónspor
- ^ icelandicmusic.com
External links
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