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david brynjar franzson is an icelandic composer currently residing in new york. his works have been performed by ensembles such as ensemble adapter, ensemble surplus, avanti!, eighth blackbird, ensemble aventure, either or, yarn/wire, oslo sinfonietta, caput, uusynta , asamisimasa ,+/- , red fish blue fish and inauthentica. he holds a doctorate degree from stanford university where he worked with brian ferneyhough and mark applebaum as well as with tristan murail at columbia university. he is a founding member of the icelandic composer's collective s.l.á.t.u.r. and co-runs the record label carrier records with sam pluta and jeff snyder.
his music has been performed at festivals such as maerz musik, global interplay, iscm world music days 2006 and 2008, icmc international computer music conference 2008, nordic music days 2008 and 2009, dark days of music in reykjavik, running hoofs festival in ulan bator and at the internationales musikinstitute darmstadt where he received a stipendiumpreiz in 2008. in 2009, il dolce far niente received first prize at the music 09 competition and was subsequently performed by eighth blackbird. performances in 2010 include the staging of a guide for the dead through the underworld––a one hour long collection of works––at the ultraschall festival in berlin by ensemble adapter and the premiere of on sameness and similarities, commissioned by the darmstadt ferienkurse. recordings of his music are available on innova, spektral and smekkleysa labels, as well as on carrier records, which will put out a live recording of a guide for the dead through the underworld in spring 2011. other 2011 projects include a new string quartet commissioned by the arditti quartet which will be premiered at musica nova in helsinki in february.
his music has been performed at festivals such as maerz musik, global interplay, iscm world music days 2006 and 2008, icmc international computer music conference 2008, nordic music days 2008 and 2009, dark days of music in reykjavik, running hoofs festival in ulan bator and at the internationales musikinstitute darmstadt where he received a stipendiumpreiz in 2008. in 2009, il dolce far niente received first prize at the music 09 competition and was subsequently performed by eighth blackbird. performances in 2010 include the staging of a guide for the dead through the underworld––a one hour long collection of works––at the ultraschall festival in berlin by ensemble adapter and the premiere of on sameness and similarities, commissioned by the darmstadt ferienkurse. recordings of his music are available on innova, spektral and smekkleysa labels, as well as on carrier records, which will put out a live recording of a guide for the dead through the underworld in spring 2011. other 2011 projects include a new string quartet commissioned by the arditti quartet which will be premiered at musica nova in helsinki in february.