Biography
Icelandic soprano, Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir, recieved both her Bacelor's degree in 2019 and her Master‘s Degree in 2021 in Opera Performance at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, summa cum laude in Austria, where she studied with Professor Michèle Crider, Alexander von Pfeil and Gernot Sahler.
Prior to moving to Salzburg, Bryndís spent one year at the Iceland University of the Arts, where she worked with Thora Einarsdóttir, Kristinn Sigmundsson and Ólöf Kolbrún Harðardóttir.
Bryndís is the recipient of several prizes.
In 2022 Bryndís was awarded the first prize of the XVIII Certamen Nuevas Voces Ciudad de Sevilla Competiton in Sevilla, Spain as well as she recieved the special prize of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla.
In 2021 Bryndís won the first prize in the Riccardo Zandonai competition in Garda, Italy.
In addition, she was the winner of the 2018 Young Soloists Competition in Iceland with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra andthe first prize winner of the 2018 Dušek competition in Prague.
Bryndís has performed in various Opera houses and with Symphony orchestras such as in
Semperoper Dresden, Aalto Theater Essen, Dortmund, Kiel, Kassel, Madrid, Munich, Martina Franca, Salzburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Seville, Prague, Reykjavík, Rome and Vilnius. In 2024 Bryndís was nominated as Singer of the year in Classical and Contemporary music in Iceland.
The season 23/24 Bryndís started with an Opera Gala in Theater Kiel under the baton of
Benjamin Reiners continued with performances of Dido and Aeneas as Belinda in
the Banchetto Musicale festival in Vilnius, Lithuania under the baton of Christian Frattima.
In november Bryndís performed with Iceland Symphony Orchestra Anna Thorvaldsdóttir's Ad Genua in Hallgrímskirkja in Iceland.
Bryndís sang in the Icelandic Opera days where she performed Mozart's Requiem and performed lieder concerts around Reykjavík. Bryndís performed Christmas concerts at home and sang Beethoven 9. Symphony in Wunderino Arena in Kiel in Germany under the baton of Daniel Carlberg followed by New Years concert in Teatro de la Maestranza where Bryndís sang with the Royal Symphony of Seville under the baton of Lucas Macías Navarro. In march Bryndís sang 1. Dienerin in Die Frau Ohne Schatten in Semperoper Dresden under the baton of Christian Thielemann.
Bryndís sang the Soprano solo in Liederhalle Stuttgart under the baton of Heiko Mathias Förster in Liederhalle Stuttgart with Prague Royal Philharmonic.
Bryndís premiered the role of Ännchen in Theater Kiel under the baton of Benjamin Reiners.
The season 22/23 Bryndís sang the role of Cunegonde in a concert performance of Bernstein's Candide at Theater Kiel under the baton of Benjamin Reiners, La contessa Armelinda in Gassmann's opera Gli Uccellatori at the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca under the baton of Enrico Pagano, Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute at Theater Kassel under the baton of Victor Jugovic and with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kornilios Michailidis, and could be heard in Orff's Carmina Burana at Liederhalle Stuttgart under the baton of Heiko Mathias Förster with Prague Royal Philharmonic. As well as she sang solo recital in Seville, performed lunchtime concert at the Icelandic Opera. Bryndís sang in Vilnius under the baton of Christian Frattima Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Vivaldi's Nulla in Mundo and performed Mattheus Passion with the Icelandic Opera days.
Bryndís was the chairman of the non profit organization of the Icelandic Symphony orchestra of the seasons of 2022-23 and 2023-24.
In 2023 Bryndís was a member of Accademia del Belcanto "Rodolfo Celletti" in Martina Franca.
Bryndís is a receipient of the Söngmenntasjóður Marínós Péturssonar scholarship, the Halldór Hansen scholarship,the Ingjaldssjóður scholarship, Rotary scholarship from Iceland, Gianna Szel scholarship in Austria, and the Richard Wagner Scholarship.
Bryndís is represented by Boris Orlob Management in Berlin.
Updated January 2025.
The season 24/25 started with a premiere of a new production in Aalto Theater in Essen of Die Zauberflöte with the role of Erste Dame under the baton of Christopher Moulds and directed by Magdalena Fuchsberger. The show runs until the beginning of 2025.
Bryndís returned to Seville in september to sing Carmina Burana under the baton of Shiyeon Sung
and the Royal Orchestra of Seville.
The season continues with a revival of the opera Der Freischütz singin the role of Ännchen in Theater Kiel under the baton of Daniel Carlberg and the role of Hilda of the opera Gudrun by C.A. Mangold under the baton of Wolfgang Seeliger in Darmstadt.
Bryndís will sing Carmina Burana with Prague Royal Philharmonic under the baton of Heiko Mathias Förster in Isarphilharmonie in München in November, Meistersingerhalle in Nürnberg in March and in Brunnenhof in München in July.
Bryndís will be a guest soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra for their annual New Years concert in Harpa, Iceland under the baton of Ville Matvejeff. Bryndís will sing the role of Contessa in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in Reykjavík City Theatre with the Chamber Opera in Iceland.
Bryndís will peform Beethoven 9. Symphony in an open air concert in Chemnitz in June under the baton of Benjamin Rheiners with Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie.