Gunnar Gunnarsson finished his cantor´s degree at the The Icelandic National Church Music College 1988 and a final degree from the Department of Theory and Composition at Reykjavik College of Music in 1989. Gunnar published his researches in hymnology 1993 called “The Weyse manuscripts and Choralbog for Island” which are about the origin of the first Icelandic choral book and the manuscripts it was based on. In recent years Gunnarsson has become renowned for his performances of varied music styles. In addition to traditional church organ music he has dedicated himself to arranging and performing religious music in a modern fashion and had his part in arrangements and recordings of traditional music and jazz. Gunnarsson has released three solo piano albums, four with his own band and five with the saxophonist Sigurður Flosason. Gunnar Gunnarsson has a master’s degree in linguistics and since 2012 he has been organist at The Reykjavik Free-Church.