The Icelandic mezzo-soprano Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir (Gudrún Ólafsdóttir) studied Voice at the Reykjavík College of Music, graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with a Master of Music in Performance and subsequently finished the Opera Course. She has performed across Europe and in the USA, Latin America and Africa in such halls as Bozar’s Henry le Boeuf Hall in Brussels, Auditorio Nacional de Música and Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Royal Festival Hall in London. She has performed with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, the Spanish Radio and TV Orchestra, the Community of Madrid Orchestra, the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. She has sung in baroque, classical, bel canto and contemporary operas in Spain, the UK and Iceland. A member of Sonor Ensemble and Trio Aglaia, Gudrún forms Duo Atlantico with her husband, the classical guitarist Francisco Javier Jáuregui, with whom she performs extensively. They are the founders and artistic directors of the annual Hafnarborg Songfest in Iceland. Gudrun has made recordings for 16 albums as well as for radio and TV, films and series. A versatile recitalist and an exponent of new music, Gudrun has offered world premières of two opera roles and numerous chamber music works by a number of composers of different nationalities, who often have composed their works specially for her. www.gudrunolafsdottir.com