{"id":177,"date":"2023-06-20T11:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T11:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2025-02-21T21:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:41:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kristj\u00e1n Martinsson (1986) is an Icelandic composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist crafting vivid musical worlds from his base in Amsterdam. His music moves fluidly between composition and improvisation, between structure and spontaneity\u2014always in search of new ways to tell a story. As the leader of <a href=\"spotify:artist:3KeutDo7W7BGFW1WJCZiYS\">K Tr\u00ed\u00f3<\/a>, he made his mark in the jazz world, with their album <a href=\"spotify:album:7MvF2FuM5Bi2OErVKRwbMB\">Meatball Evening<\/a> winning three Icelandic Music Awards and earning them the Young Nordic Jazz Comets title in 2008. Over the years, he has shaped his sound through projects like <a href=\"spotify:artist:6Ta7n5I6L85nUJDV6KdzTO\">Secret Swing Society<\/a>, <a href=\"spotify:artist:4ei3wBq3j4d8fSY8CJedHy\">Reginfirra<\/a>, <a href=\"spotify:album:6vWpgc80xysEou5iIJLOIR\">Unvarnished<\/a>, and In Layers, exploring the boundaries between jazz, classical, and experimental music. Since 2021, his focus has turned inward, toward solo work that blends melodic depth with the vastness of improvisation. His 2022 album <a href=\"spotify:album:6NVn1Vr6lQuwUNrRFcRrPa\">St\u00f6kk<\/a> was a quiet yet bold exploration of space, movement, and resonance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On February 21, 2025, he releases <a href=\"spotify:album:2zLANWmrGJxZmIj6gtCZ7m\">1035<\/a>, a reimagining of Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Flute Sonata BWV <a href=\"spotify:album:2zLANWmrGJxZmIj6gtCZ7m\">1035<\/a>. Using the Keybird, a modern acoustic-electric piano, Martinsson transforms Bach\u2019s motifs into something fluid and unpredictable\u2014part composition, part improvisation, part dialogue across time. <a href=\"spotify:album:2zLANWmrGJxZmIj6gtCZ7m\">1035<\/a> is not just a reinterpretation; it is a new landscape where classical themes breathe in the present moment. With a restless curiosity and a deep sense of musical storytelling, Kristj\u00e1n Martinsson continues to push boundaries, crafting music that is both intimate and expansive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristj\u00e1n Martinsson (1986) is an Icelandic composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist crafting vivid musical worlds from his base in Amsterdam. His music moves fluidly between composition and improvisation, between structure and spontaneity\u2014always in search of new ways to tell a story. As the leader of K Tr\u00ed\u00f3, he made his mark in the jazz world, with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210,"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kristjanmartinsson.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}