Matinée - Eyþór Franzson Wechner, organist from Blönduós, Iceland

Saturday March 7th at 12 hrs. at Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík.

Eyþór Franzson Wechner was born in Akranes. At the age of 14, he began organ studies, first under the guidance of Úlrik Ólason and later with Björn Steinar Sólbergsson at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland Music school and the Iceland Academy of Arts. After two years at the University of the Arts, he went to Germany. At the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig, Eyþór completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in organ performance in 2012 and a Master of Arts degree in 2014 at the same school. His main teacher in Leipzig was Prof. Stefan Engels. Eyþór is currently the working organist of Blönduós church and vicinity and teaches at the Music School of Austur-Húnvetningar. Eyþór has performed in solo concerts in Iceland, Germany, Lithuania and Australia.

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