Ólavur Jakobsen
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Ólavur Jakobsen, classical guitar
ist, born 1964 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Ingolf Olsen and received his diploma exam in 1995. Further studies in Paris with French guitarist Roland Dyens
. Has participated in masterclasses with e.g. Sir Julian Bream and David Russell
.
Worked for some years as a freelance musician in Copenhagen and was member of the Copenhagen based Corona Guita Quartet touring extensively as soloist and chamber musician.
Has premièred a vast number of compositions by Danish and Faroese composers e.g. Per Nørgård, Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Pierre Dørge, Sunleif Rasmussen, Edvard N. Debess and Kristian Blak.
Worked as a sessions musician with a number of popular artists as well as Icelandic Ensemble CAPUT
and Danish orchestra Collegium Musicum
as well as arranging and producing.
He is co-founder of the Faroese chamber ensemble Aldubáran.
http://www.olavurjakobsen.com official webpage
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
ist, born 1964 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Ingolf Olsen and received his diploma exam in 1995. Further studies in Paris with French guitarist Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens
Roland Dyens is a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger.Dyens studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He has won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition...
. Has participated in masterclasses with e.g. Sir Julian Bream and David Russell
David Russell (guitarist)
David Russell is a classical guitarist.-Biography:When Russell was five years of age, his family moved from Glasgow to Minorca, where he became interested in the guitar, imitating the likes of Andrés Segovia and Julian Bream....
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Worked for some years as a freelance musician in Copenhagen and was member of the Copenhagen based Corona Guita Quartet touring extensively as soloist and chamber musician.
Has premièred a vast number of compositions by Danish and Faroese composers e.g. Per Nørgård, Axel Borup-Jørgensen, Pierre Dørge, Sunleif Rasmussen, Edvard N. Debess and Kristian Blak.
Worked as a sessions musician with a number of popular artists as well as Icelandic Ensemble CAPUT
Caput
The Latin word caput, meaning literally "head" and by metonymy "top", has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including capital, captain, and decapitate...
and Danish orchestra Collegium Musicum
Collegium Musicum
The Collegium Musicum was one of several types of musical societies that arose in German and German-Swiss cities and towns during the Reformation and thrived into the mid-18th century...
as well as arranging and producing.
He is co-founder of the Faroese chamber ensemble Aldubáran.
http://www.olavurjakobsen.com official webpage