Biography
Pétur Þór Benediktsson is a singer and guitar player from Iceland who
regularly perfoms his own material. He is working diligently on his
first solo album which is
due for release this coming January. He was one of the highlights at the
last Iceland Airwaves festival, and he will be playing various
festivals in other countries this year. Recently, he completed the
arrangement of Nick Cave’s score for the production of Woyzeck, which
debuted at the Barbican Center in London this month. He has also
arranged music for and performed with Mugison, Slowblow and other
Icelandic artists. He composed the
musical scores for two productions at the Reykjavík City Theatre this
past year; Strindberg’s “A Dream Play” and Bulgakov’s “Fatal Eggs”, the
latter of
which was a collaborative effort with Höskuldur Ólafsson. Pétur is
currently working on his second project with Vesturport Theatre as
well as the score to the movie “Kvikyndi”.From: http://www.last.fm/music/P%C3%A9tur+Ben
regularly perfoms his own material. He is working diligently on his
first solo album which is
due for release this coming January. He was one of the highlights at the
last Iceland Airwaves festival, and he will be playing various
festivals in other countries this year. Recently, he completed the
arrangement of Nick Cave’s score for the production of Woyzeck, which
debuted at the Barbican Center in London this month. He has also
arranged music for and performed with Mugison, Slowblow and other
Icelandic artists. He composed the
musical scores for two productions at the Reykjavík City Theatre this
past year; Strindberg’s “A Dream Play” and Bulgakov’s “Fatal Eggs”, the
latter of
which was a collaborative effort with Höskuldur Ólafsson. Pétur is
currently working on his second project with Vesturport Theatre as
well as the score to the movie “Kvikyndi”.From: http://www.last.fm/music/P%C3%A9tur+Ben