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Eydis Evensen

The Light

Sony - XXIM Records
Release Date: May 26, 2023

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Anna's Theme
Tranquillant
Dreaming of Light
Eydis Evensen - KEXP LIVE
1 Anna’s Theme  
2 The Light II  
3 17.3.22  
4 Tranquillant  
5 Disturbance  
6 Transcending  
7 Tephra Horizon  
8 Fragility  
9 Near Ending  
10 Full Circle  
11 Dreaming of Light  
12 Resolution  
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Icelandic pianist and composer, Eydís Evensen will release her much anticipated second album ‘The Light’ on 26th May via XXIM Records.  Following on from her successful 2021 debut ‘Bylur’, which put her firmly on the map as one of neo-classical’s leading artists and which has amassed over 40 million audio streams to date and her subsequent 2022 EP ‘Frost’, ‘The Light’ further expands on this young artist’s scope for talent and expression, presenting her not only as a pianist, arranger and lyricist but also for the first time as a vocalist.  

Evensen cites two underlying themes to the ‘The Light’: it is both a deep reflection on the rough and rugged landscapes of Iceland and how they have shaped her personality, as it is a personal expression of a sense of hope and brighter times following hardship.  Both are represented by the theme of light – the inner light that guides us and the natural light, so rare in the dark Icelandic winters.  Written from personal experience at a time of relief and closure in her own life, Evensen is passing on here a message of both personal and collective hope and resilience to her listeners that better must come.  Having dealt with personal challenges in the very best way she knows how – at the piano, making music, this cathartic experience of intense composition and performance has culminated in ‘The Light’.

  • The emotion was palpable at Eydis Evensen's 'Old Church' piano concert / WILLAMETTE WEEK
    Posted At: October 30, 2023 12:00 AM
    As a child, Eydís Evensen would stare out at the distant mountains as the wind howled around her, pretending to conduct the clouds. In these daydreams, she was a meteorological maestro: controlling the Icelandic stormfronts in the distance, bending the weather and the world to her will like an orchestra. “The weather was intense where I grew up but so inspiring. There was such harshness to our winters, but ...
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  • Eydis Evensen at the Triple Door makes The Stranger: One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
    Posted At: October 11, 2023 12:00 AM
    As a child, Eydís Evensen would stare out at the distant mountains as the wind howled around her, pretending to conduct the clouds. In these daydreams, she was a meteorological maestro: controlling the Icelandic stormfronts in the distance, bending the weather and the world to her will like an orchestra. “The weather was intense where I grew up but so inspiring. There was such harshness to our winters, but ...
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  • Eydis Evensen - The Light makes 'The Reykjavik Grapevine: New Music Picks'
    Posted At: May 26, 2023 12:00 AM
    Icelandic pianist and composer, Eydís Evensen has released her much anticipated second album: ‘The Light’ via XXIM Records.  Following on from her successful 2021 debut ‘Bylur’, which put her firmly on the map as one of neo-classical’s leading artists and which has amassed over 40 million audio streams to date and her subsequent 2022 EP ‘Frost’, ‘The Light’ further expands on this young artist’s scope ...
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  • Eydis Evensen's 'Dreaming Of Light' Is endlessly beautiful / CLASH'
    Posted At: May 25, 2023 12:00 AM
    Icelandic pianist and composer, Eydís Evensen will release her much anticipated second album ‘The Light’ on 26th May via XXIM Records.  Following on from her successful 2021 debut ‘Bylur’, which put her firmly on the map as one of neo-classical’s leading artists and which has amassed over 40 million audio streams to date and her subsequent 2022 EP ‘Frost’, ‘The Light’ further expands on this young arti...
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  • Eydis Evensen is no longer afraid of the dark / THE LINE OF BEST FIT
    Posted At: May 22, 2023 12:00 AM
    THE LINE OF BEST FIT's Sophie Walker writes….Icelandic pianist and post-classical composer Eydís Evensen tells Sophie Walker about reckoning with old ghosts and healing her inner child with her second album, The Light.Eydís Evensen was suspended over the earth which had cracked wide open. The Icelandic pianist and composer had felt the tremors, the unmistakable warnings that the landscape’s surface – which ...
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  • Eydis Evensen shares 'Anna's Theme' from much anticipated second album: 'The Light' / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: March 26, 2023 12:00 AM
    Eydís Evensen will release her much anticipated second album ‘The Light’ on May 26th via XXIM Records/Sony. BroadwayWorld's Michael Major writes….Icelandic pianist and composer, Eydís Evensen will release her much anticipated second album 'The Light' on May 26th via XXIM Records/Sony.Following a weekend in Austin at SXSW including the Iceland Airwaves showcase, Eydís shares the new single & video f...
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  • Watch Eydis Evensen live in session at Iceland's Greenhouse Studios / The Line of Best Fit
    Posted At: January 16, 2023 12:00 AM
    As a child, Eydís Evensen would stare out at the distant mountains as the wind howled around her, pretending to conduct the clouds. In these daydreams, she was a meteorological maestro: controlling the Icelandic stormfronts in the distance, bending the weather and the world to her will like an orchestra. “The weather was intense where I grew up but so inspiring. There was such harshness to our winters, but ...
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  • Eydis Evensen, Namasenda and Anais among over 100 new names for Eurosonic Noorderslag 2023 / The Line Of Best Fit
    Posted At: November 15, 2022 12:00 AM
    Music has been a part of Icelandic pianist and post-classical composer Eydís Evensen's life from a very early age. A classically-trained pianist and post-classical composer, Eydís started taking piano lessons at the age of six in her hometown of Blönduós, Iceland and composed her very first piece of music on the instrument – about a storm that was raging outside – when she was seven.After graduating from Re...
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  • De-stress and calm down with the top 5 most relaxing piano pieces / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: February 1, 2022 12:00 AM
    If you're wanting to de-stress and calm down, here are some of the piano repertoire's most relaxing pieces of music – chosen by pianist Tokio MyersTokio Myers WRITES…These piano works have become my refuge – a safe place to retreat to when life gets difficult. I take them with me wherever I go, whether it’s to my local shop or travelling to the other side of the world. Her's the top 5Rachmaninov: Rhapsody o...
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  • Eydis Evensen - KEXP LIVE
    Posted At: June 3, 2021 12:00 AM

    Music for pianist and post-classical composer, Eydís Evensen has always been a part of life. At Reykjavik's Hamrahlíð College, where she sang in the world-renowned choir run by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, ( Björk, Sigur Rós others), her music is inspired by forces of nature such as Philip Glass and Thom Yorke. Her arrangements explore the mournful, melan...
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