Pétur Ben
Biography
Pétur Þór Benediktsson is a singer and guitar player from Iceland who regularly perfoms his own material. He is working diligently on his first solo album [Wine For My Weakness] which is
due for release this coming January. He was one of the highlights at the last Iceland Airwaves festival, and he will be playing various festivals in other countries this year. Recently, he completed the arrangement of Nick Cave's score for the production of Woyzeck, which debuted at the Barbican Center in London this month. He has also arranged music for and performed with Mugison, Slowblow and other Icelandic artists. He composed the musical scores for two productions at the Reykjavík City Theatre this past year; Strindberg's "A Dream Play" and Bulgakov's "Fatal Eggs", the latter of
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which was a collaborative effort with Höskuldur Ólafsson. Pétur is
currently working on his second project with Vesturport Theatre as
well as the score to the movie "Kvikyndi".
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