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The Icelandic-German viola duo Duo Borealis, composed of Anna Hugadóttir and Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg, is celebrating its 20th anniversary on July 12-15 with the Viola Soundscapes concert tour. The performances will take place at non-traditional concert venues with unique acoustics, and the repertoire of each concert is specially selected with each venue in mind. At the concert in Library of Water, Duo Borealis performs a varied repertoire for two violas and guides the audience through the wide ranging sound world of the viola. The concert lasts about an hour without intermission. The concert tour is sponsored by the Tónlistarsjóður, the FÍH Culture Fund, Hotel Djúpavík, Elliðaárstöð and Akranesviti. Admission is free, but voluntary donations from concertgoers are welcome.
About Duo Borealis:
Anna Hugadóttir and Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg met during their student years in the Netherlands and have worked together as a viola duo since 2003. They mainly focus on baroque music, music from the 20th century and contemporary music and have a wide range of works for two violas in their repertoire. As Duo Borealis, they have performed at concerts and music festivals in Iceland, the Netherlands and Germany, most recently at the Barokkhátíð Hólastiftis where they played on two baroque violas made by Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg.
Anna Hugadóttir (1980) is a violist, music teacher and arranger. She studied music at Fontys Conservatorium in the Netherlands, Norges Musikkhøgskole in Norway and at the Iceland Academy of Arts. Anna works as a music teacher at Sigursvein's Music School and as a freelance violinist. She has worked with a large number of musicians, orchestras, chamber groups and bands but in recent years her focus has been on historically informed performance of Early Music . Anna plays the baroque viola with the chamber group ReykjavíkBarokk (IS) and manages projects for the group. She has also published arrangements for young string players. www.annahuga.is
Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg (1978) is a violist, violin maker, music teacher and composer. She studied viola and contemporary music at the Fontys Conservatorium in the Netherlands and the Koninklijk Conservatorium Gent in Belgium. Annegret plays baroque viola, viola d'amore and modern instruments equally. She focuses mainly on baroque music and contemporary music and not least on interdisciplinary cooperation between art forms. Annegret has been a member of the band Ensemble Garage (Cologne, DE) since 2010 and plays regularly with ensembles such as Ensemble Musikfabrik and Harmonie Universelle. She also writes her own music, is studying composition in Freiburg, Germany and has published several of her works. Annegret studied violin making in Mittenwald, Germany and runs a workshop in Cologne where she does both new construction and repairs. www.annegretmayerlindenberg.com