Víkingur Ólafsson - Philip Glass: Piano Works (2017)
Classical, Piano | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:27:48 | 201 MB
Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG) | Release Year: 2017
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson began making his mark on the wider classical music world in the mid-2010s, after winning several major arts prizes in his homeland. Ólafsson began his studies at home in Iceland, then earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Juilliard, where his primary teachers were Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald. By 2017, he had premiered five piano concertos, working directly with composers such as Philip Glass, Daníel Bjarnason, and Haukur Tómasson, whose concerto he premiered during the 2016-2017 season.