Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, and Santa Cecilia, and with such conductors as Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Víkingur has won numerous awards, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for Johann Sebastian Bach, the Opus Klassik Award for Solo Instrumental in 2019 and 2020, Gramophone magazine's Artist of the Year award in 2019, the Rolf Schock Prize in Music in 2022, the 2022 Icelandic Export Award, Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year award in 2025, the 2025 Order of the Falcon, the 2025 GRAMMY Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations, the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, and the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize. His 2017 album, Philip Glass Piano Works, saw him described as "Iceland's Glenn Gould" by The New York Times and a "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone; Le Monde heralded his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges".

Genre: classical, classical-piano, minimalism

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Albums (44)

Continuum (2024)
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 12: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) (2024)
J.S. Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (Arr. Kurtág for Piano 4 Hands) (2024)
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) (2024)
Bewitched (Rework) (2024)
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) (2024)
Grieg: Norwegian Dance in A Major, Op. 35 No. 2 (2024)
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano) (2024)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (2023)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 21 (2023)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13 (2023)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 1 (2023)
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (2023)
From Afar (Reworks) (2023)
Sung (After Brahms) (2023)
The Plover and the Raven (2023)
Notturno (2023)
From Afar (2022)
From Afar (2022)
Schumann: Träumerei (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15) (2022)
Birgisson: Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song) (2022)
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1, BWV 525: I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág) (2022)
Kaldalóns: Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson) (2022)
Saying Goodbye (Piano Solo / From ''Cyrano'' Soundtrack) (2021)
Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song) (2021)
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano) (2021)
Mozart & Contemporaries (2021)
Mozart: Adagio in E Flat (Arr. Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516) (2021)
Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485 (2021)
Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) (2021)
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante (2021)
God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters (Reprise Version) (2021)
Reflections (2021)
Reflections Pt. 4 / Debussy: Pour le piano (2021)
Reflections Pt. 3 / RWKS (2021)
L'entretien des muses [Hugar Rework (After Jean-Philippe Rameau)] (2021)
Reflections Pt. 2 / Debussy: Canope (2021)
Reflections Pt. 1 / Debussy: Bruyères (2020)
Debussy – Rameau (2020)
Johann Sebastian Bach (2018)
Darkest Hour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
Philip Glass: Piano Works (2017)
Vikingur Olafsson: Chopin - Bach (2011)
Debut (2009)

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