Jón Bjarnason

An Icelandic organist and choral conductor, born in Skagafjörður in 1979. He began the piano aged seven and took his final diploma in piano at the Skagafjörður music school in 1998 and his piano teacher's diploma at Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík in 2003. He took his cantor's diploma and performance diploma in organ at the National Church School of Music in 2006, and from 2011 to 2012 he studied the organ at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen under Bine Bryndorf. Jón was appointed cantor and cathedral organist at Skálholt in 2009, having previously served as organist at Seljakirkja in Reykjavík. He conducts the Skálholt Cathedral Choir and the choir of Miðdalskirkja, is the permanent organist for the ten churches of the Skálholt deanery, and has worked as the accompanist of Karlakór Selfoss since 2011. He has given regular organ recitals at Skálholt Cathedral, Selfoss Church, the International Organ Summer at Hallgrímskirkja and the Reykjavík Festival of Sacred Arts, among other venues in South Iceland.