Portrait Concert in NYC & Visual Music in Reykjavík

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Had a great trip to New York City where the Either/Or Ensemble gave a wonderful performance of a selection of my pieces on December 5th at the Miller Theatre. It was truly a pleasure working with David Shively, Richard Carrick, all the other performers of Either/Or and the staff at the Theatre for the week leading up to the concert.
Here is what Steve Smith wrote about the concert at The New York Times.

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Now, back in Reykjavik, working on the final touches of a new work for the Reykjavik Center for Visual Music that, in collaboration with Punto y Raya and Dark Music Days, will present a new music festival in Reykjavik at the end of January. The new piece is for piano and electronics along with a video projection, and it is a collaboration between myself and visual artist Sigurður Guðjónsson who is working on the video. The piece will be premiered on January 30th in Harpa Concert Hall. The program is very intriguing and features many great artists. Here is a trailer for the festival, published by Punto y Raya:

A feast of pure Colour, Motion and Sound. Non-representational Art takes the lead at Reykavík Visual Music – Punto y Raya Festival, which will take place from January 30th to February 2nd 2014 at HARPA, the Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Center. The programme features live performances by major artists like Ryoji Ikeda and Ryoichi Kurokawa; specially commissioned opening concerts by Sigurður Guðjónsson + Anna Þorvaldsdóttir & Bret Battey + Hugi Guðmundsson; guest Austrian and Polish Film panoramas, and the selected works in the international live set & short-film Competitions, which brought together nearly 500 artists from 46 countries. Parallel activities include the "Cadences of Colour and Line" exhibit at Listasafn Reykjavíkur (Reykjavik Art Museum, from February 1st to April 13th) and the "2014 Academy Programme", featuring workshops open to local students and tutored by renowned professionals in the field. Co-produced by RCVM [Reykjavík Center for Visual Music, Iceland] and MAD [Moviment D'Alliberament Digital, Barcelona·Spain]. All info at www.puntoyrayafestival.com | www.rcvm.is Design, animation & Direction: Guillermo Daldovo | www.malevo.tv Edition & errors: Bernard Arce | www.bernardarce.com Producer: Sonia Figuera Music: Raúl Santos_SupercineXcine | soundcloud.com/superx