Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson
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Born 24th of December 1976. Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson studied the piano under Ferenc Utassy, Jon Sigurdsson and Pavel Manazek. Since the age of 16 he has composed music in styles ranging from modern classics to pop. He composed two Eurovision Song Contest entries for his country, Iceland, 'Heaven' in 2004 and 'Ég les í lófa þínum' in 2007.
Sveinn rarely performs in public but amongst works he has either recorded or played in public are Grieg's Piano Concerto, Warshaw Concerto by Richard Addinsel, Chopin's Etudes Op. 25 and various Rachmaninoff works. In an interview in Istanbul, Turkey, he mentioned Rachmaninoff as his favourite composer. He partly works in Moscow and speaks fluent Russian.
Sveinn is currently residing in Hungary.