RIFF INDUSTRY DAYS 2021
INDUSTRY PANELS MUSIC IN FOCUS ICELAND CASE STUDY Venue: The Nordic House - Sæmundargata 11, 101 Reykjavík Date: Wednesday 6TH OCTOBER TIME: 16.30 - 18.30 GMT Open to the public under registration Recorded and live-streamed https://riff.is/industry-days/industry-panels/
This year RIFF will focus on the FILM Music scene with regards to the impact that Icelandic composers have gathered internationally over the years and honouring the historically recently acquired achievements of Hildur Guðnadóttir, Academy Awards, USA Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) 2020 & BAFTA Film Awards Winner ( Original Music) 2020, Winner 2020 BAFTA Television Craft Award & BMI Film Music Award (Original Music), Primetime Emmy
Awards, winner of Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) 2019 to name a few. In this panel, relevant composers and figures from the film Icelandic music industry will expose why Hildur´s awards only mark the beginning of Iceland’s success in scoring films and TV.
Moderates Cheryl Kara, music consultant & music supervisor
Speakers Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson - Composer SinfoniaNord Atli Örvarsson - Composer INNI Herdís Stefánsdóttir - Composer Sigtryggur Baldursson - Iceland Music
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