Rósa Guðrún Sveinsdóttir is releasing her first solo album in October
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Rósa Guðrún Sveinsdóttir

Singer & songwriter
Singer/songwriter, saxofonist/flutist
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  • Fluteplayer

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Rósa Guðrún Sveinsdóttir hefur spilað tónlist frá unga aldri. Hún er baritónsaxófón-og flautuleikari, söngkona og lagasmiður. Árið 2012 útskrifaðist hún úr Tónlistarskóla FÍH sem djasssöngkona og tónlistarkennari. Á Burtfarartónleikum sínum frumflutti hún lagasmíðar sínar. Hún hefur komið fram með mörgum af Íslands þekktari hljómsveitum og er sem dæmi hluti af Ritvélum framtíðarinnar og söngkona Robert the Roommate.

Rósa er að leggja lokahönd á sína fyrstu sólóplötu sem kemur út núna 1.október. Þessi plata hefur verið í vinnslu síðustu ár en upptökur hófust snemma á þessu ári. Lögin á plötunni eru öll útsett fyrir strengakvartett og hljómsveit. Tónlistin er nokkurskonar blanda af þjóðlagatónlist og poppi, og má heyra djassáhrif fljóta þar í gegn. Verkefnið hefur hlotið nafnið Strengur Stranda og var það flutt á Jazzhátíð Reykjavíkur 2013 í Fríkirkjunni. Rósa fékk föður sinn, Svein Kristinsson, til að semja textana fyrir plötuna en þeir fjalla að mestu um lífið og náttúruna á Ströndum í Árneshreppi þar sem hann er uppalinn. Það er ekki hægt að segja annað en hvert sæti á plötunni sé skipað tónlistarmanni í hæsta gæðaflokki sem saman gæða tónlistina unaðslegu lífi. Strengjakvartettinn skipa þær Una Sveinbjarnardóttir á fiðlu, Arndís Hulda Auðunsdóttir á fiðlu, Þórunn Harðardóttir á lágfiðlu og Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir á selló. Aðrir meðlimir í hljómsveitinni eru Þorgrímur Jónsson á bassa, Matthías MD Hemstock á slagverk, Daníel Helgason á gítara, Ómar Guðjónsson á gítar, Steingrímur Karl Teague á hammond og píano, Eiríkur Rafn Stefánsson á trompet, Stefán Ómar Jakobsson á básúnu, og þau Jónas Sigurðsson og Lilja Björk Runólfsdóttir ljá plötunni bakraddir.

Okkur þætti vænt um aðstoð ykkar við að klára plötuna.

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Rósa Guðrún Sveinsdóttir has been playing and studying music from an early age, as a flute-/baritonesaxophoneplayer and singer/songwriter. She graduated from FÍH music school as a singer and with a Teachersdegree in rhythmicalmusic in 2012. Rósa has performed with many of Icelands biggest names, as a bandmember or session player. She is a part of Jónas Sigurðsson's Ritvélar framtíðarinnar as a saxophone/fluteplayer and backingvocals, and lead singer in the band Robert the Roommate.

Rósa is finishing her first solo album which will be out 1st of October. This album is arranged around a string quartet with bass, percussion, guitars and keys as extra features. The music is a mixture of folk and pop with unusual arrangements. This repertoire was played at Reykjavík Jazzfestival in 2013 in Fríkirkjan. She got her father, Sveinn Kristinsson, involved to write the lyrics for this album. The lyrics are mostly written about life and nature in a wonderful place in the Westfjords where Sveinn was born and raised. They speak of hard times and good times, sunshine and winter, among things. Every spot on this album is filled with a great musicians that make the music come to life. The members of Rósa’s string quartet are, Una Sveinbjarnardóttir on violin, Arndís Hulda Auðunsdóttir on violin, Þórunn Harðardóttir on viola and Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir on cello. And other members of the band are Þorgrímur Jónsson on bass, Matthías MD Hemstock on percussion, Daníel Helgason guitars, Ómar Guðjónsson guitar, Steingrímur Karl Teague on hammond and piano, Eiríkur Rafn Stefánsson on trumpet, Stefán Ómar Jakobsson on trombone, and Jónas Sig and Lilja Björk Runólfsdóttir do backing vocals.

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