Jónas Sen

Jónas Sen (born 1962) is an Icelandic pianist,[1] music critic for Fréttablaðið,[2][3] composer[4][5] and TV host.[6]

He was the keyboard player in Björk’s band, which was on a world tour in 2007 and 2008.[7] In 2011 Björk and Jónas arranged all the Biophilia songs for keyboard instruments, which were released on the iPad and iPhone versions of Biophilia.[8][9]

Jónas has hosted several TV programs for RÚV, The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, about music in Iceland. These include 12 programs about Icelandic instrumentalists (Tíu fingur),[10] broadcast in 2006, eight programs about Icelandic singers (Átta raddir),[11] which were broadcast in 2011 and Tónspor, broadcast in 2012.[12] His TV program about Gunnar Kvaran, a well known cellist in Iceland, was aired in December 2012.

Discography

Jónas Sen

Versations Tetralogia

Langt fyrir utan ystu skóga
  • 2011 - New arrangements of songs by Björk, performed with Icelandic singer Ásgerður Júníusdóttir. The album also features songs by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson.[13]

References
  1. Iceland Review Online - New Releases of Icelandic Albums, May 22, 2011
  2. Fréttablaðið, September 7, 2012
  3. Electrified Harpa a raging success - Five stars from music critic Jónas Sen for the opening programme on May 13th, 2011
  4. Gabríela Fridriksdóttir Inside the Core at Migros Museum
  5. "Kaitheater, "H, an Incident"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
  6. www.ruv.is - Tónspor
  7. www.bjork.com/#/past/people Archived 2007-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  8. elmundo.es July 17, 2007
  9. Iceland Review online, Aug 26, 2008
  10. "Tíu fingur, nýr sjónvarpsþáttur um klassíska tónlist", Morgunblaðið, October 8, 2006
  11. "Jónas Sen gerir átta þætti um átta íslenska söngvara", Morgunblaðið, July 9, 2009
  12. www.ruv.is - Tónspor
  13. icelandicmusic.com
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