Ólavur Jakobsen (born 1964 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands),

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ist. Studied at the

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in Copenhagen with Ingolf Olsen and received his diploma exam in 1995. Further studies in Paris with French guitarist

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. Has participated in masterclasses with e.g. Sir Julian Bream and David Russell. Olavur Jakobsen is the first Faroese classical guitarist to hold a master's degree and also to perform at a professional level. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has toured extensively all over Europe, South Africa and the United States. He is a former member of the Copenhagen-based Corona Guita Quartet He has premièred a vast number of compositions by e.g.

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, Sunleif Rasmussen, Edvard Nyholm Debess, Kári Bæk,

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and Kristian Blak and has worked with composers such as Gavin Bryars and Hsueh-Yung Shen. He has also worked as a sessions musician with a number of popular artists e.g. Hanus G.,

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, Ernst Sondum Dalsgard, Runi Brattaberg and Hakan Hagegard as well as Brandenburgische Staatsorchester in Frankfurt, Germany, Icelandic Ensemble CAPUT and Danish orchestra

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. Olavur Jakobsen is a sought after arranger and has produced albums for Hanus G., Sunleif Rasmussen and Aldubáran. He co-founded and then formerly served as the artistic director of the Faroese chamber ensemble Aldubáran and now continues as an active member. Ólavur Jakobsen was an instigator of and from 2005 to 2020 he led and coordinated the Music High School Preparatory Course for gifted music students in the Faroe Islands. In November 2012 he released the first ever Faroese classical guitar album to rave reviews in the international press e.g. Classical Guitar Magazine and Gitarre und Laute. Ólavur Jakobsen currently lives in Hoyvík near Tórshavn and is active in promoting Faroese music and touring as a soloist and chamber musician.

Discography

Solo albums

*Awake, my Soul, and Sound your Strings (solo album with Faroese music for guitar), Label TUTL November 201
Discography
*Forever Gone (with Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester) Music by Oli Jogvansson, single-track, Label Baroli Music May 2015

Collaborations

Albums, in which Ólavur Jakobsen has composed, produced, arranged music and/or plays guitar: *Eftir Regnið ( Lív Dam)(1989/HCWTórgarð) *Boreas (1994/Tutl) *Advents- og Jólasálmar ( Ernst S. Dalsgarð) *Surrounded (CAPUT/2003/BIS) *Dedicated ( Aldubáran)(2003/Tutl) *Tú lýsti ( Stiðin/Regin Dahl)(1998/Stiðin) *Nicolina syngur í Sandavágs kirkju (2003/Tutl) *Signaða sól (Sanna í Brekkunum) *Bouquet ( Hanus/ Aldubáran) (2000) *Afturundirgerð ( Aldubáran) *Just Before the Dawn (Corona Guitar Kvartet) *Dámliga Gøtan (Tvey av Kamarinum) *Don Quixotte (Kim Helweg) (Collegium Musicum) *Glóð (Music by Páll Sólstein/ Aldubáran) (2006) *frå leddiken (

Hanus G. Johansen Hanus G. Johansen (born 18 June 1950), also known as Hanus G., is a Faroese singer and composer. He was born in Klaksvík and is well known in his country as a concert and festivalperformer. Many of his songs have become evergreens and are popula ...

/ Aldubáran) (2006) *Fýra bjarkir (Peter Hentze Niclasen) Works by Britten, Dowland, Restorff, Højgaard and Dahl (2009) Olavurjakobsen.com
/ref> *Dancing Raindrops ( Sunleif Rasmussen) (2011) *Janus er ein stjørna (Aldubáran) 2011 *Light and Darkness (with Anna Klett, clarinet) Music by Kristian Blak TUTL December 2012 *If you wait (Track 2 on Story Music by Teitur (2013

*Hitt blinda liðið Music b
Gavin Bryars
2014 *Music from the Faroe Islands 2 (Compilation (Various artists) (2015) TUT

*Lost and Found (With Ensemble Svabonio) (2017) Music by Jens Christian Svabo TUT

References

External links

Official webpage
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