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Steinar Logi Helgason was born in 1990 and is educated as an organist,
pianist and conductor. After studying piano in the Reykjavík College of music
Steinar started studying the organ at the Music school of the National church
of Iceland and later in the Iceland University of the Arts where he studied
under organist Björn Steinar Sólbergsson and finished a Bachelor’s degree in
Church music. Steinar furthered his studies in The Royal Danish Academy of
music where he started a master’s degree in Church music under Hans
Davidsson and later finishing a master’s degree in ensemble conducting.
Steinar has performed widely as an organist, pianist and a conductor. Steinar
took over the post of choir director in Hallgrímskirkja in August 2021 and is
the founder and conductor of The Choir of Hallgrímskirkja.

Hildigunnur Einarsdóttir completed her final exam from the Singing School
in Reykjavík under the guidance of Ólafar Kolbrún Harðardóttir and Signýjar
Sæmundsdóttir and studied further in Germany and the Netherlands with
Janet Williams and Jón Þorsteinsson. Hildigunnur has also completed a B.A.
degree in creative music communication from the Iceland Academy of the
Arts, where she took singing lessons with Hlín Pétursdóttir Behrens.
Hildigunnur conducts the Árkór in Reykjavík and the Katla Women's Choir
together with Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir. Hildigunnur teaches singing at
Sigursvein D. Kristinsson's Music School and Domus Vox Singing School.
Hildigunnur has been prominent in the church music scene and has sung the
solo roles i.a. Messiah and Judas Maccabeus by Händel, St. Matthew's
Passion, St. John's Passion and the Christmas Oratorio by Bach and
Guðbrand's Mass by Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir. Hildigunnur has also sung a
solo, i.a. with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Brák Baroque Orchestra
and the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra and premiered a number of works,
e.g. by Hreiðar Inga Þorsteinsson, Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir and Kolbein
Bjarnason. Hildigunnur was nominated for the Icelandic Music Prize in 2014
for her interpretation of Karl O. Runólfsson's songs with the chamber group
Kúbus and recently won the Icelandic Music Prize for Singer of the Year in
classical and contemporary music.