Hildur Guðnadóttir

Icelandic cellist, composer and singer, born September 4, 1982 in Reykjavik.

A prolific indie artist, she is known for her numerous live and studio collaborations with [a=Pan Sonic], [a=Throbbing Gristle], [a=múm], [a=Ben Frost], Ilpo Väisänen's [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/69987]Angel[/url], [a=Jóhann Jóhannsson], [a=Animal Collective], [a=Sunn O)))], [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/630881]Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe[/url], [a=Hauschka], the duo of [a=BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa], [a=The Knife], and many others.

In 2007, Hildur released her debut solo album, [i]Mount A[/i] under the Lost in Hildurness alias. She worked on it alone, playing and recording cello, viola, piano, zither, vibraphone and gamelan. A follow-up [i]Without Sinking[/i] was released in 2009 by British label [l=Touch], as well as her next works [i]Leyfðu Ljósinu[/i] (a concert album capturing live performance without any editing or post-production) and her most recent album [i]Saman[/i], which melts the sounds of her voice and cello together to form a single instrument.

Guðnadóttir is also a vocal performer, and once she arranged a choir for Throbbing Gristle performances in Austria and UK. As a composer, she wrote a score for the play [i]Sumardagur[/i] performed at Iceland's National Theatre, as well as the Danish film [i]Kapringen[/i].