Kjartan Ólafsson (politician)
Kjartan Ólafsson may refer to * Kjartan Ólafsson (composer) Kjartan Ólafsson (born 18 November 1958) is an Icelandic musicologist, composer and academic. He is the creator of the composing software CALMUS and has worked on the use of artificial intelligence in classical music composition. Life and edu ... (born 1958), Icelandic musicologist, composer, and academic * Kjartan Ólafsson, key historical character in '' Laxdæla saga'' {{hndis, Olafsson, Kjartan ...
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Kjartan Ólafsson (composer)
Kjartan Ólafsson (born 18 November 1958) is an Icelandic musicologist, composer and academic. He is the creator of the composing software CALMUS and has worked on the use of artificial intelligence in classical music composition. Life and education A native of Reykjavík, Kjartan Ólafsson spent from 1976 to 1989 studying music, composition and natural sciences at the Music College of Kópavogur, Hamrahliðar College, Reykjavík College of Music, Utrecht Conservatory and Sibelius Academy. He was a member of the short-lived band ''Smartbandið'' from 1985 to 1986 where he wrote the song Lalíf that topped the Icelandic charts for several weeks in 1986. In 1985, he received an award in the Icelandic Radio Competition for young composers and, in the near-quarter-century since, has been lecturing and holding seminars at such venues as the University of Iceland (1990), Reykjavík College of Music (1991–93), Sibelius Academy (1992), Finland's Avanti Summer Festival in Porvoo and ...
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