Aton - Icelandic Experimental Chamber Music Ensemble

Thu, Apr 6
8:00pm
$6-10 sliding scale

Aton - Icelandic New Music Ensemble

www.aton-ensemble.tk

performing at 21 Grand on Thursday the 6th of April ($ 6-10 sliding =

scale)

&

Mills College concert hall on sunday 9th of April

Each concert will have different programs and they will both start =

at 8pm.

In the tight, close-knit music community of Iceland lives a =

peculiar ensemble named Aton. They attract a peculiar crowd. After =

hearing plinks & plonks, exploding balloons, fire alarms, cell =

phones and other strange chamber music for various combinations the =

relatively large audience explodes into frantic applause, people =

standing up and screaming.

The members of the ensemble represent the whole spectrum of the =

Icelandic music scene. Their names are seen on various albums and if =

you have a good memory for faces, you might even have seen them on =

stage with now internationally recognized rock bands such as m=FAm and =

Sigur R=F3s.


Amongst the composers the ensemble will be performing are:
Aki Asgeirsson (bjarmaland.net)
Atli Heimir Sveinsson
Ulfar Ingi Haraldsson
Kolbeinn Einarsson
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Rikhardur Orn Fridriksson
Ingi Gardar Erlendsson
Olafur Bjorn Olafsson
Pall Ivan Palsson
Steini Gunnarsson

Venue:

21 Grand
416 25th street Oakland, CA 94612
Oakland

www.21grand.org

Additional Info:

510-590-8411
www.aton-ensemble.tk