Discography
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Debut
2009
Opus 109 (Beethoven | Bach | Schubert)
2025
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
2023
From Afar
2022
Mozart & Contemporaries
2021
Reflections
2021
Debussy – Rameau
2020
- Bach Reworks
Bach Reworks
2019
Solo Piano Works
2018
Johann Sebastian Bach
2018
Piano Works
2017
Darkest Hour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017
Winterreise
2011
Bach: Partitas / Chopin: Preludes
2011
Vikingur Olafsson: Chopin - Bach
2011
Grieg & Schumann
2006
Singles & EPs
38
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109: III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo (Edit)
Single · 2025
Grieg: Norwegian Dance in A Major, Op. 35 No. 2
Single · 2024
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano)
Single · 2024
Continuum
EP · 2024
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano)
Single · 2024
J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (Arr. Ólafsson for Piano)
Single · 2024
J.S. Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614 (Arr. Kurtág for Piano 4 Hands)
Single · 2024
Sung (After Brahms)
Single · 2023
Notturno
Single · 2023
J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 13
Single · 2023
From Afar (Reworks)
EP · 2023
The Plover and the Raven
Single · 2023
Kaldalóns: Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Single · 2022
Birgisson: Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song)
Single · 2022
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Single · 2022
J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág)
Single · 2022
Sleep for Mama (Icelandic Folk Song)
Single · 2021
Reflections Pt. 4 / Debussy: Pour le piano
EP · 2021
Reflections Pt. 3 / RWKS
EP · 2021
Reflections Pt. 2 / Debussy: Canope
EP · 2021
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano)
Single · 2021
L'entretien des muses (Hugar Rework After Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Single · 2021
Saying Goodbye (Piano Solo / From ''Cyrano'' Soundtrack)
Single · 2021
Someone To Say (Single Version / From ''Cyrano'' Soundtrack)
Single · 2021
Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson)
Single · 2021
Mozart: Adagio in E Flat (Arr. Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516)
Single · 2021
Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485
Single · 2021
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante
Single · 2021
Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Single · 2020
Reflections Pt. 1 / Debussy: Bruyères
Single · 2020
Rameau, Ólafsson: The Arts and the Hours
Single · 2020
Rameau: Les tendres plaintes
Single · 2020
Debussy: Bruyères (Home Session)
Single · 2020
Bach Reworks (Pt. 2)
EP · 2019
For Jóhann
Single · 2018
J.S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974, 2. Adagio
Single · 2018
J.S. Bach: Prelude in E Minor, BWV 855/I (Arr. Siloti in B Minor)
Single · 2018
Bach Reworks (Pt. 1)
EP · 2018
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Featured tracks
19- OpeningBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Someone To SayBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- When I Was BornBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- MadlyBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Your NameBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Garrison ArrivalBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Not A ToyBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Someone To Say (Reprise)Bryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Every Letter (Radio Edit)Bryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- I Love YouBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- I Need More (Radio Edit)Bryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- The KissBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- What I DeserveBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Saying GoodbyeBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Wherever I Fall - Pt. 1Bryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Wherever I Fall - Pt. 2Bryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- He Will Be HereBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Cyrano's MessageBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- No CyranoBryce Dessner · Cyrano: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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About
Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984) is an Icelandic pianist. He has performed with leading orchestras in Europe and America, including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and with conductors including Thomas Adès, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He has won numerous awards for his playing, including Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards for his ground-breaking album Johann Sebastian Bach. Víkingur's album Philip Glass Piano Works saw him named “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” by the New York Times, "breathtakingly brilliant pianist" by Gramophone magazine,, and Le Monde herald his "volcanic temperament, great virtuosity, taste for challenges." Víkingur was the soloist in the opening concert of Harpa in Reykjavík, playing Edvard Grieg's A-minor piano concerto with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy.
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In the 2019-20 season Víkingur will be artist-in-residence at Berlin Konzerthaus, with fourteen performances over eleven different projects, playing concertos by Thomas Adès, Robert Schumann, Daníel Bjarnason and Mozart, two solo recitals and chamber programmes with the likes of Martin Fröst and Florian Boesch. He has an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
Víkingur Ólafsson in brief
- How many Víkingur Ólafsson releases are on Riffiter?
- 54 releases are catalogued, spanning 2006 to 2025.
- What is the most recent Víkingur Ólafsson release on Riffiter?
- Opus 109 (Beethoven | Bach | Schubert), released in 2025.