Participant
Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir
Cello
A participant in the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition.
Biography supplied for the 2024 competition.
Praised for her "technical mastery" and "extraordinarily musical" performances (Morgunbladid, Iceland) Icelandic-American cellist Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir is carving a distinctive musical voice, combining sensitivity with a bold and fiery stage presence. She has performed at venues across the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Southbank Centre, the Warsaw Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, and the Banff Centre, and appeared as soloist a with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, among others. Her performance in Reykjavík's Harpa Concert Hall of the six Bach Cello Suites, was hailed as "an awe-inspiring experience” (Frettabladid, Iceland).
Geirþrúður has been a prize winner at numerous competitions, including the Anton Rubinstein International Cello Competition, Hellam Young Artist Competition, the New York International Artists Association Competition, and the Thaviu String Competition. Most recently, she was a semi-finalist at the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition and was selected as a 2024 City Music Foundation Artist.
A passionate chamber musician, she was awarded the Gold Medal and Grand Prize at the 2022 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition with the Terra String Quartet, as well as receiving the chamber music prize at the Ecole d'Art Américains de Fontainebleau, the top prize at the Dover String Quartet Competition, and appearing as a semi-finalist at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Geirþrúður made her debut in 2013 with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and graduated with a Soloist Diploma from the Reykjavík College of Music the same year. She went on to complete her undergraduate studies with Hans Jensen at Northwestern University in Chicago and received a master's degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with and served as Teaching Assistant to Natasha Brofsky. She also holds an Advanced Diploma at the Royal Academy of Music in London, under the tutelage of Hannah Roberts.
