Víkingur Ólafsson
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Date
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out Saturday, 19:00
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPricing
- 31,00 € – 70,00 €
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Online priority booking (Cartão Gulbenkian Mais): 29 Jun, 10:00
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Víkingur Ólafsson
Piano
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has made a profound impact with his remarkable combination of highest level musicianship and visionary programmes. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon – Philip Glass Piano Works (2017), Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), Debussy Rameau (2020) and Mozart & Contemporaries (2021) – captured the public and critical imagination and have led to career streams of over 400 million. His latest album, From Afar, is released in October 2022.
Now one of the most sought-after artists of today, Ólafsson’s multiple awards include the Rolf Schock Prize for music (2022), Gramophone magazine Artist of the Year, Opus Klassik Solo Recording Instrumental (twice) and Album of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards.
Ólafsson continues to perform as artist in residence at the world’s top orchestras, concert halls and festivals, and work with today’s greatest composers. In the 2022/23 season he performs with orchestras including Philharmonia Orchestra, Concertgebouworkest, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, London and Bergen philharmonic orchestras, Toronto and Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
A captivating communicator both on and off stage, Ólafsson’s significant talent extends to broadcast, having presented several of his own series for television and radio. He was Artist in Residence for three months on BBC Radio 4’s flagship arts programme, Front Row – broadcasting live during lockdown from an empty Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, he reached millions of listeners around the world.
Philip Glass
Claude Debussy
Philip Glass
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Claude Debussy
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Claude Debussy
Philip Glass
Claude Debussy
Jean-Philippe Rameau
One of the most celebrated and gifted musicians of our time, Víkingur Ólafsson has received numerous awards for his recordings, including BBC Music Magazine’s Album of the Year in 2019 and the Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo Album in 2025. Renowned for his interpretations of J. S. Bach, the Icelandic pianist has also explored the works of other composers with equally compelling results, as in the albums Debussy Rameau (2020) and Philip Glass Piano Works (2017). It is to these composers that he now returns in this much-anticipated recital.
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