Anna Thorvaldsdóttir

Icelandic composer, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir is winner of the prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize. Anna is a prolific artist receiving a number of notable accolades and acknowledgments throughout the years, and has seen her compositions performed throughout Europe and America. Anna current holds the role of Composer-in-Residence with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

Anna Thorvaldsdóttir: “It is a pleasure to be a part of Keychange as an Ambassador, and to take part in this important aim for positive and necessary improvements in the various genres of the music industry. In the year 2021 it is frankly surprising that there is still a reason to ask questions on ‘what it is like to be a woman composer’ and the like, whereas composing music knows no gender or other generalising non-music-related labels. Fully embracing diversity organically and without gender or other labels — and to recognise the non-difference therein — is in my belief the ultimate aim and the way forward.”