Haukur Tómasson


Haukur Tómasson is an Icelandic composer. He has a master's degree from the University of California, San Diego. He has also attended the Reykjavík College of Music, the Cologne University for Music and the Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam.
His works include six orchestral pieces, three concertos and the chamber opera Gudruns 4th Song, for which he was awarded the 2004 Nordic Council Music Prize. His orchestral piece Strati won the Icelandic National Broadcasting System Music Prize in 1993. Other prizes include the 1996 Bröste Optimism Prize and the 1998 Icelandic Music Award for Gudrun's 4th Song. His composition Saga for ensemble won the State Radio's 70th anniversary competition in 2000. His work was also performed at the Iceland Symphony Orchestra's debut at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2014.
His earliest works used Fibonacci numbers to determine the intervals and durations. Later works such as Spiral, Strati and Offspring use a different approach based on his so-called "spiral technique". He also started to use Icelandic folk material in his compositions in the late 1990s.
His music is recorded on BIS Records, Da Capo, Sono Luminus and various icelandic labels.
WWW haukurtomasson.com

Compositions

The following list is from Íslensk tónverkamiðstöð:
  • 1983 – Quartet – duration: 00:06:30
  • 1984 – Trio – duration: 00:08:00
  • 1985 – 5 Landscapes – duration: 00:15:00
  • 1986 – 7 Miniatures – duration: 00:07:30
  • 1986 – Birting – duration: 00:05:00
  • 1987 – Octette – duration: 00:13:00
  • 1988 – Eco Del Passato – duration: 00:09:00
  • 1988 – Ether – duration: 00:05:30
  • 1988 – Transformations – duration: 00:16:00
  • 1989 – Quartet II – duration: 00:08:30
  • 1990 – Offspring – duration: 00:15:50
  • 1991 – Attempted Unification – duration: 00:17:00
  • 1992 – Spiral – duration: 00:17:00
  • 1993 – Strati – duration: 00:10:00
  • 1993 – Trio Animato – duration: 00:09:00
  • 1994 – Annual Ring – duration: 00:14:00
  • 1994 – Annual Ring – duration: 00:14:00
  • 1996 – Gudrun's 4th Sang – semi-opera duration: 01:05:00
  • 1997 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra – duration: 00:18:00
  • 1997 – Concerto for Violin and Chamber Ensemble – duration: 00:24:30
  • 1997 – Gatherings – duration: 00:09:00
  • 1997 – Piano Trio – duration: 00:09:30
  • 1997 – Rhyme – duration: 00:08:00
  • 1998 – Magma – duration: 00:15:00
  • 1998 – Rhyme – duration: 00:08:20
  • 1999 – Big Numbers – duration: 00:23:00
  • 1999 – Kopia – duration: 00:36:04
  • 1999 – Long Shadow – duration: 00:18:00
  • 2000 – Doors To Dreams – duration: 00:15:00
  • 2000 – Fabella – duration: 00:14:00
  • 2000 – Pendulum – duration: 00:02:00
  • 2001 – Flute Concerto No. 2 – duration: 00:21:00
  • 2001 – Spring Chicken – duration: 00:03:20
  • 2002 – Long Shadow – duration: 00:17:00
  • 2002 – Long Shadow – duration: 00:17:00
  • 2002 – Skíma – Concerto for Two Double Bass & Orchestra – Piano Reduction – duration: 00:17:00
  • 2002 – Skíma – Concerto for Two Double Basses & Orchestra – duration: 00:17:00
  • 2003 – Broken Chords – duration: 00:06:00
  • 2003 – String – duration: 00:27:00
  • 2003 – String Quartet 2003 – duration: 00:10:00
  • 2004 – Ardente – duration: 00:10:00
  • 2004 – Songs Of Guðrún – duration: 00:20:00
  • 2004 – The Trap –
  • 2005 – Landslag Með Tíma – duration: 00:06:40
  • 2005 – Songs Of Gudrun – duration: 00:20:00
  • 2005 – Trio Animato – duration: 00:08:00
  • 2005 – Vetrarkvíði – duration: 00:08:30
  • 2006 – Par – duration: 00:23:00
  • 2007 – Fögnuður –
  • 2007 – Hún Er Vorið – duration: 00:02:00
  • 2007 – Niður – Þytur – Brak – duration: 00:15:00
  • 2007 – Reaction – duration: 00:09:20
  • 2007 – Songs Of Gudrun – duration: 00:20:00
  • 2007 – From the Heavens fall the Fair Bright Stars – duration: 00:20:00
  • 2008 - Glacial Pace – duration: 00:07:00
  • 2008 - Dialogo - duration: 00:16:00
  • 2008 - Grannmetislög, Ten children songs -
  • 2009 - Piano Concerto - Everything Has Changed. Nothing Has Changed. - duration: 00:25:00
  • 2009 - Skak - duration: 00:09:00
  • 2009 - Flétta - duration: 00:45:00
  • 2010 - Moldarljós -
  • 2011 - Skak - duration: 00:09:00
  • 2011 - In Seventh Heaven - duration: 00:07:00
  • 2011 - Tímamót Strengleikur Dægurlag - duration: 00:06:00
  • 2012 - Offshoots - duration: 00:07:00
  • 2012 - Höfuðskepnur - duration: 00:25:00
  • 2012 - Earth Pulse - duration 00:06:00
  • 2012 - Serimonia - duration 00:11:00
  • 2013 - Facade - duration 00:09:00
  • 2013 - From Darkness Woven 00:13:00
  • 2014 - Melankolia perpetualis - 00:25:00
  • 2015 - Echo Chamber 00:19:00
  • 2015 - Verse - duration 00:13:00
  • 2016 - Split - 00: 09:00
  • 2016 - Tímans tönn - duration 00:20:00
  • 2017 - Piano Concerto no. 2 duration 00:17:00
  • 2018 - Rounds for ensemble duration 00:09:00
  • 2018 - Unravelled duration 00:09:00
  • 2018 - It Relaxes Me, the Repetition for orchestra duration 00:15:00
  • 2019 - Nature morte for harp, cimbalom and ensemble duration 00:13:00
  • 2019 - Break for string quartet duration 00:09:00
  • 2019 - Presence for orchestra duration 00:11:00
  • 2020 - Birkitré for choir duration 00:09:00
  • 2020 - Archipelago for violin and sound curtains duration 00:16:00
  • 2021 - Model, Replica duration 00:13:00
  • 2021 - Antiphony duration 00:13:00
  • 2021 - Flux duration 00:07:00
  • 2021 - Earth, Mist, Sky fyrir hljómsveit duration 00:15:00
  • 2022 - Tongues in Trees for violin duration 00:07:00
  • 2022 - Air Sculptured duration 00:11:00
  • 2022 - Allt missir lögun sína - duration 00:20:00
  • 2022 - Vera bara vera duration 00:09:00
  • 2023 - Detour duration 00:07:00