Egill
is a freelance artist of
a versatility rarely met
with.
He
studied at The Reykjavík
Conservatory 1970-1976,
singing and composition.
He has taken master
classes with Per Raben,
Jukka Linkola, Pierre
Dörge, Jo Estill, Oren
Brown., Thorsten
Föllinger, just to
mention a few.
He
is well known to
Icelandic audience as an
actor, singer and
composer. As an actor he
has apeared in over
thirty feature films
mostly in leading roles
as well as in several TV
- films. He has been as a
principal in many theatre
plays and musicals.
Recently he was Fred
Graham in Kiss Me Kate,
at the City Theatre in
Reykjavik and Peachum at
the critically acclaimed
Icelandic National
Theatre Production of the
"Threepenny
Opera". He has done
Sky Masterson in Guys And
Dolls, Jean Valjean in
Les Miserable (he joined
the 10th anniversary
concert of Les Mis at the
Royal Albert Hall 1996)
Peron in Evita and
Escamillo in Carmen Negra
for The Icelandic Opera.
His
songwriters output
contains four musicals,
music for eight films,
six plays, two ballets,
three albums of solo
music, and two albums of
arrangements of Icelandic
folk music.
He
has also worked with
Icelands most popular
bands through the years,
Studmenn and The
Icelandic Hobgoblins
(Thursaflokkurinn) both
as a songwriter and
singer.
The
year 2000 Egill worked
with Bjorn Thoroddsen
(guitar) and his trio.
The same year Reykjavik
(capital of Iceland) was
one of Europes Cultural
Cities and Egill and
Bjorn's Trio travelled to
Canada, USA, Russia,
Finland, Spain and Norway
because of this,
representing Icelandic
music. He is also joining
the Icelandic Sound
Company with his vocals.
Egill
has been in all kinds of
musical productions and
has worked with people
like Lil Lindfors, Nils
Henning Örsted Petersen,
Tommy Körberg, Jukka
Linkola, Anglaspel/
Stefan Forssén, Lars
Storck, Ingrid Kindem,
Fostbrothers Mans Choir,
Reykjaviks Female Choir,
Reykjaviks Brass
Ensamble, The Icelandic
Symphony Orchestra, The
National Philharmonics Of
Lithuania. Last year and
this year Egill was
working as a composer and
singer in a production
for The Norwegian State
Consert promoters,
(Rikskonserterne). The
production
"Ćgir"
turnéed around in Norway
in fall 2001, spring and
autumn 2003.
Egill
has just recently
released a compilation of
his renowned theater
music (please click on
solo work for more
informations), as well as
he is currently working
with Björn Thoroddsen,
touring with their
program "Tónlist
fyrir alla" (music
for everyone) and also
with the Icelandic Sound
Company.
Honours:
Egils album Tifa Tifa was
selected as " the
best album in 1991"
by the RúV (State
Radio), Artist stipendium
from the Icelandic State
1979, awarded one of
three best artists at The
National Theatre in
Iceland 1996. Got the
Critics Award, as the
best singer in field of
popular music 1999.
More information at www.egill-olafsson.com
To
learn more about his
outstanding achievements
as an actor in films,
plays and musicals,
please click above.
Downloads of his complete
CV in english, icelandic
or german will be shortly
available here. In the
meantime please send mail
to info@studmenn.com
