Hailing from the peripheries of Iceland, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir “elemental style” (Steve Smith, The New Yorker) follows inner logics when approaching composition, often integrating sound and other phenomena into an indivisible whole – creating mutable, breathing, living structures through experimental performance practices and notation.

Her works have been commissioned by some of the world’s leading ensembles and festivals/venues, including the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, The National Sawdust in New York, Prototype Festival, Sequences Art Biennal, Tectonics Festival, SPOR Festival, Nordic Music Days, Klang Festival among others. Other ensembles that have presented Bergrún’s music include the Oslo Philharmonic, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Esbjerg Ensemble, Norrbotten NEO, Avanti Chamber Ensemble, Distractfold, Cikada, KNM Berlin, Decibel and more. Her works have also been featured at prestigious festivals and venues such as Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart, Scandinavia House New York, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Tectonics/Only Connect, ISCM’s World New Music Days, Southbank Centre, Ultima Festival, Heroines of Sound, Arctic Arts Festival, Sound of Stockholm and many other events.