A conductor and composer who has worked with the Iceland Symphony for more than a decade, as its artist in residence from 2015 to 2018 and its principal guest conductor from 2019 to 2021. His own works have been given first performances by orchestras abroad under conductors including Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and John Adams. In the 2026/27 season he conducts the orchestra's season-opening concert, its Airwaves programme with Daði Freyr, a subscription concert of Sibelius and Adès with the violinist Johan Dalene, and recordings for the Sono Luminus label.
