Belonging to the younger gen­eration of Icelandic com­posers,	Thordur Magnus­son bears the fresh and audacious qualities of his generation, whilst unafraid to maintain ties with tradition, with his Icelandic as well as international musical heritage. Magnusson feels that the word tradi­tional is in itself too negatively connoted in the world of modern music and that many composers shy away from any as­sociation with it and with the past, in their search for something absolutely new. He however welcomes making use of tradition and believes in good crafts­manship and that conventional writing for instruments can be a springboard for truly new sounds and challenging musi­cal experience.

Through the years, Magnusson has had a number of commissions from distinguished ensembles such as the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Trio Nordica, KaSa, Ethos String Quartet, the Icelandic Saxophone Quartet and the Icelandic Amateur Symphony Orchestra. Moreover, his compositions have been performed in various places of the world, from Scandinavia to New York, in France and in Tokyo, by ensem­bles such as CAPUT and the Quatuor Bozzini and the pianist Izumi Tateno.

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