Eva Mjöll Ingólfsdóttir, her music and her violin will be in the spotlight at Iðnó - Arctic Concerts on Thursday, July 27th at 20:30.

Her program is folk based; melodies from the past, fairy tales and soundscape orientated  works, rooted in locations of personal importance.  We will also hear some preludes by Dimitri Shostakovitch accompanied  by Flemming V. Valmundarson on accordion. Eva Mjöll Ingólfsdóttir plays the electric violin just as well as the classical violin and involves visuals in her musical creation.

After studying at the Conservatory of Reykjavík for 6 years, Eva left Iceland to study with some of Europe’s finest violin pedagogues.  Her playing has been greatly influenced by the spirit of the Russian and East-European violin schools. At the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, she was a student of Prof. Leon-Ara, followed by studies with Prof. Corrado Romano at the Conservatory of Geneva and Prof. Istvan Parkanyi at the Sweelink Conservatory in Amsterdam. During these years she won many awards, as well as scholarships to study with world renowned pedagogues such as Stephan Gheorghiu, Victor Pikaizen, Zachar Bron and Tibor Varga. Throughout her career, Eva has given numerous solo recitals in well-known concert halls in Iceland, Japan, United States, Russia and Europe, including the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and the Trinity Church in New York City, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

She is an enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, has premiered over 100 new works for solo violin, received a grant from NYWC in 2014, and ASF in 2015.  Her compositions Lava Flow and  Djupivogur have been performed widely in the US as well as Brazil. Eva currently lives in NYC, where she performs regularly, her recent activities involve composing and making animation. She recently had 2 short films shown at film festivals in NYC, Lincoln Center Festival, Brooklyn, Chicago and Arizona.