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Ingveldur Yr Jonsdottir
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Islenska
Inga and Gurry is an Icelandic duo (voice and piano) that has been performing since 2002.
Inga and Gurry´s performances combine humor and musicality, performing a vast repertory ranging from classical recital repertory to theatrical music, including French, German and American cabaret songs.
A rarity that is not often heard in recitals, is the Duo's performance of Icelandic songs, describing the country's natural beauty and uniqueness both in old folksongs as well as in songs by Icelandic composers, often colored with poetry by the Icelandic Nobel price holder Halldor Laxness.
Engagements recent seasons include:
- Brunch with Bach at the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Fine Arts Friday at the Detroit Institute of Arts
- Tibrá Recital Series at Salurinn in Iceland
- Recitals at the Concert Hall in the Academy of Music in Vancouver
- National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa
- Eckhardt-Grammatté Hall in Winnipeg
- Knox Presbyterian Church in Calgary
- Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto
- Sheldon Performing Arts Theater in Minneapolis
...as well as various smaller performances at Gimli, Manitoba; Wynyard, Saskatchewan; Guelph, Ontario; Edmonton in Alberta, Husavik and Hofn in Iceland.
The Duo has also performed children programs and lecture-recitals in North American and Icelandic schools.
The Duo has been described as being:
...charming and spellbinding....the best kind of ambassadorship
- The Vancouver Sun, Lloyd Dykk.
...Inga’s voice is one of those refined but supercharged instruments....can readily adapt to the demands of opera and musical theater.
- Toronto star, Geoff Chapman.
....There was musicianship and exuberance in Ingveldur´s performance. Her singing and interpretation was best in the works of Sibelius and Grieg and in those, Guđríđur´s part was one of exceptionally good and shimmering playing.
- Morgunbladid, Morning paper, Reykjavik, Jon Asgeirsson.
Inga and Gurry's repertory includes Song-cycles such as:
- Leonard Bernstein: I hate music
- Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder
- Benjamin Britten: Cabaret Songs
- Benjamin Britten: A Charm of Lullabies
- Canteloupe Chants d'Auvergne
- Claude Debussy: Fetes Galantes I
- Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares espanioles
- Enrique Granados: Tonadillas
- Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa
- Francis Poulenc: Calligrammes
- Francis Poulenc: Banalités
The Duo also performs various songs by the following composers:
William Bolcom, Noel Coward, Henry Duparc, Jacques Offenbach, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, Jean Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Hugo Wolf, Kurt Weill
Icelandic composers include: Jón Leifs, Jón Ţórarinsson, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Páll Ísólfsson, Jórunn Viđar, Tryggvi Baldvinsson and many others.