Sunna Gunnlaugs : Icelandic Jazz Pianist
Alright, it's been a while. I have a good excuse though. I am very proud to have started a concert series in Iceland that focuses on women. It is called Freyjujazz in honor of the goddess Freyja who is associated with love, sex, beauty and fertility. How does that sound? The first "season" took place...
Time sure flies when you're having fun. My trio released Cielito Lindo last August and we just returned from some concerts in Europe. While we were there we were thrilled to receive the news that we got awarded "Best Performer" at the Icelandic Music Awards. In January I released my first duo album with dutch...
We are looking forward to returning to Germany at the end of April. We will be at B Flat in Berlin on April 30 and at the Women in Jazz Festival in Halle on May 1st. See you there and in the meantime please enjoy this live performance video from Porgy and Bess in Vienna!
In a way, music is all about relationships. It's about connecting with people in the moment, on stage and off. I've been very lucky to connect with some wonderful people over the years and the past couple of weeks have been no exception. From September 23rd-27th I took part in a Women Composers Workshop in...
As is my long-standing tradition, I'm writing an overdue post here to let everyone know I'm still ok. 😉 Actually, I have quite a bit of news; some tour-dates, some reviews and a rare solo performance! First of all, the end of 2013 was especially exciting in that my latest album Distilled was on Jakob...
In Iceland it is a rare thing for a jazz group to get the opportunity to play the same program 5 times in two weeks, especially when it's original music. This is mainly due to the fact that there is a pretty small audience for jazz, and there are very few people here in general...
It's been quite a while since I've performed in Akureyri and even longer since I was in Ísafjörður (with the MIndful quartet!), so it's with much excitement that I announce Icelandic tour dates for my trio. These are all in celebration of the release of our new album Distilled, which in the last couple of...
The new album is officially released now, and it's already received some flattering reviews. Here are a few of my favorite quotes: “probably the brightest of all her releases to date." — Stephan Moore, JazzWrap “This could have been mistaken for not only an ECM record, but a very good ECM record." — S. Victor...
After I released Long Pair Bond on 11/11/11, the obvious thing to do would be to release the follow-up trio album on 12/12/12, but we missed that date. It was too close to Christmas anyway. And since there is no 13/13/13 (thank goodness!), Distilled will be released on my wedding anniversary 7/19/13, and it is...
Brrr! We got clobbered with snow in Iceland today and I was hoping to escape it to warm, sunny Washington DC, but it's just as bad there now! Hopefully it won't interfere with our travels. We were so excited to get the call to be included on the Kennedy Center's Nordic Cool festival, and now...
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