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Víkingur Ólafsson
Reykjavik, Iceland
Víkingur Ólafsson is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, New Yor…
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Víkingur Ólafsson 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,[3] Opus Klassik Award for Solo Instrumental in 2019 and 2020, and the Rolf Schock Prize in Music in 2022.
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2026
Kurtág Fragments
Movie himself
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2025
Víkingur Ólafsson - My Favourite Melodies
Movie Víkingur Ólafsson
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2024
Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson: Live in Berlin
Movie Pianist
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV show Self
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2008
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
TV show Self
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1992
Later... with Jools Holland
TV show Self - Performer
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1991
DAS!
TV show Self
