14.09.22
My dear Ox was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize!
30.03.22
So honored to receive “Producer of the Year” at the Icelandic music award for Ox, which i share with Úlfur Hansson
My new album Ox is out on 3. desember on my own label DiaMond
Pre-order digital album & merch: https://gyda.bandcamp.com/album/ox
pre-order vinyl: https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/246613/gyda-valtysdottir-ox
11.11.19
Deeply moved to receive the Nordic Council Music Prize 2019 & for these words from the Jury:
Gyða Valtýsdóttir is an Icelandic musician who is classically trained but unbound by genre. At an early age she was a founding member of the lauded electronic experimental band múm. A multifaceted performer, she has since been a prominent part of Iceland’s music scene.
Fundamentally a classically trained cellist, Gyða has in recent years been performing her own music as well as collaborating with other musicians across genres. She has used her training to fulfil her visions and delivers her holistic approach to music in an organic way and with admirable technique. Gyða’s music and performance is highly unique and captivating, demonstrating a special sense of phrasing and timing. She is a particularly distinctive performer with a fascinating, earthy presence in live performance – a presence that is fragile and subtle, yet powerful and temperamental. Her deeply personal and organic performance is eminent throughout, whether playing the cello, singing, using her distinctive vocals, or playing other instruments, and has a fundamental originality to it.
Gyða crosses and bridges the gap between musical genres in a unique way, not least by dismissing any notion of their differences. Whether performing her own music or the music of others she brings her personal originality to the music through her instrumental inventiveness.
04.06.19
Ragnar Kjartansson video installation “Death is Elsewhere” just opened at the MET in New York City. I am performing in it with my twin sister Kristín Anna & the twin brothers Aaron & Bryce Dessner. The piece is up until 2. september. Here me & Aaron or hanging outside the Met!
Ragnar Kjartansson video installation “Death is Elsewhere” just opened at the MET in New York City. I am performing in it with my twin sister Kristín Anna & the twin brothers Aaron & Bryce Dessner. The piece is up until 2. september. Here me & Aaron or hanging outside the Met!
23.05.19
Deeply honored to be nominated for the Nordic Council Prize 2019.
The award ceremony will take place 29. october in The Stockholm Concert Hall.
Deeply honored to be nominated for the Nordic Council Prize 2019.
The award ceremony will take place 29. october in The Stockholm Concert Hall.
12.02.2019
EVOLUTION was nominated for the Nordic Music Price as the album of the year.
17.03.2019
Evolution won “Album Of the Year” ( open category ) at the Icelandic Music Prize
Evolution won “Album Of the Year” ( open category ) at the Icelandic Music Prize
