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Víkingur Ólafsson
@VikingurMusic
Continuum II, Out 13 November 🎹 Icelandic pianist @DGclassics Listen to my recordings or see me in concert ⬇️
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Mar 23, 2024
    This one is perhaps my favourite of all his albums. Listen to it from the first note to the last. Colossal.
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Nov 23, 2023
    The intensity of Mozart's C-minor piano sonata never fails to amaze me. It is a work of staggering contrasts with virtuosic writing which pushed the instruments of the 1780s to their limits (I have a square piano from 1785 which almost breaks every time I play this sonata on it).
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Sep 6, 2022
    Thinking of Lars and his closest ones in these very sad times 💔 the kindest man and most wonderful artist, he sent me this last text 2 weeks ago before I went on stage somewhere. I keep thinking about these words, to the point, true and beautiful as was the man and his music.❤️
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Feb 8, 2024
    Dreams come true ⁦@carnegiehall⁩
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Jun 30, 2024
    When Grigory Sokolov comes to your concert ❤️
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Mar 23, 2024
    Maurizio Pollini 5.1.1942-23.3.2024 “Don’t listen to your mother”, dad would whisper to me when she criticized Pollini for what she described as overly objective perfectionism. For dad, an architect and a composer, Pollini’s structural approach revealed new truths about even…
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Oct 6, 2023
    Today is the day.
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Sep 19, 2022
    God Save the Queen ❤️🇬🇧 Thinking of all my friends in Great Britain today.
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Feb 25, 2024
    Please respect the law! 😅 #LoveYourRecordShop #London
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Dec 4, 2022
    This is a very special piece of music to me; can you guess who composed it?
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Feb 7, 2025
    ❤️ I just found out that the only other Grammy for a Goldberg recording went to Mr Gould in 1983, posthumously for his glorious second studio recording of the work. Can’t wait to play in Toronto next weekend.
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    The Glenn Gould Foundation
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    Feb 6, 2025
    We're thrilled to congratulate our friend Vikingur Ólafsson on winning his first-ever Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for his incredible interpretation of Bach's "Goldberg Variations". Celebrate Ólafsson's achievement by congratulating him in the comments below!
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
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    Aug 8, 2023
    Bach turns limited material into boundless variety like no one before or since. Watch the full video for Variation 1 🎥 youtu.be/vn-g510Zxng
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Nov 8, 2024
    I am so happy to receive my first Grammy nomination! Thank you @RecordingAcad + all of you who listen to and support my work ❤️ And thank you JS Bach - The Goldberg Variations will always be the music of the future. #grammynoms @DGclassics
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    Víkingur Ólafsson
    @VikingurMusic
    Nov 28, 2023
    Variation 15; this incredible lament that concludes the first part of the Goldberg Variations.
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