Hildur Guðnadóttir in Concert
Oscar-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir curates and performs an evening of her own incomparable music for film and TV, with the London Contemporary Orchestra.
Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir is one of the most exciting artists working in contemporary music today and, in a relatively short career so far, has already won an Oscar, a Bafta, a Golden Globe and two Grammys for her work in television and film.
In this concert, Guðnadóttir performs with the London Contemporary Orchestra in a specially selected programme of music from her TV and film scores, including Joker, Journey’s End, A Haunting in Venice and Chernobyl, alongside music by composers who have inspired her.
Part of the London Soundtrack Festival, where Guðnadóttir is a Featured Artist for 2025.
Performers
London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames conductor
Hildur Guðnadóttir cello
Shards vocal ensemble
Repertoire
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Fólk fær andlit (People get Faces); Pipes; Confession from A Haunting in Venice; Opaque from Without Sinking
Anna Ϸorvaldsdóttir: Ró
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Vichnaya Pamyat from Chernobyl; Tár 2 (Allegro); Líður from Saman
Mica Levi: Love from Under the Skin
David Lang: Just (after Song of Songs)
Hildur Guðnadóttir: Joker
Need to know
Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm: pre-concert talk. Hildur Guðnadóttir discusses her varied and award-winning career and the music being performed in the concert. Admission free to ticket holders of the evening concert.
For your visit
This event is held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Southbank Centre
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