It’s creeping up on midnight Icelandic time and pianist/composer Ólafur Arnalds — who’s rapidly making a name for himself in the world of instrumental music with a body of work straddling classical, ...

This may come as a surprise to anyone who’s only familiar with Ólafur Arnalds for the cinematic, solo instrumental records he’s been releasing since 2007: the quietly sardonic 26-year-old Icelander ...

For his second album …and they have escaped the weight of darkness, cinematic ivory-tinkler Ólafur Arnalds has ever-so-slightly broadened his instrumental palette, expanding beyond the ...

A stately piano piece, based around a series of repeated and building arpeggios titled "Poland" wasn’t a reflection on the country. It was, he said, written following an overnight bus ride during ...

It's as if the pianos were haunted. Somewhere about midway through this Tiny Desk, as Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds performed on his electronic keyboard, two upright pianos were playing lilting ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There is but one Olafur Arnalds, the acclaimed Icelandic composer and musician, but he takes many forms. There is the Olafur Arnalds ...

Icelandic composer Olafur Arnalds has been described as a contemporary composer and synthesist, but that doesn't adequately reflect the alchemy of modern and traditional that he is able to blend on ...

Wise Music Group has renewed its publishing agreement with Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds. The partnership is through Berlin-based Bosworth Music, one of Wise ...

Wise Music Group’s Bosworth Music has signed a further publishing agreement with Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds. The publishing deal with Berlin-based Bosworth ...

It's pretty much impossible to ever fully understand why we love or dislike a song. Sometimes we're just in a bad mood when we first hear it and the whole experience sours. Or maybe the opposite ...