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

• 1993 - Works by Brahms, Liszt and Scriabin.

Versations Tetralogia

• 2005 - Collaboration with Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Björk, Borgar Magnason and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson.

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

External links

• Official Site