Bryndis Halla Gylfadottir, was in 2004 awarded the Iceland Music Award as the the best classical payer of the year. Principal cellist in the Icelandic Symphony since 1990 she started her cello studies at the age of six in her home country Iceland, and continued her studies in Canada where she lived for 5 years. After moving back to Iceland Bryndis Halla Gylfadottir studied with Gunnar Kvaran and graduated from the Reykjavik College of Music in 1984 She furthered her studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston, whith Colin Carr and Laurence Lesser. During her studies there she participated in several music festivals, such as Tanglewood,Banff, Nova Scotia Music Festival, and Prussia Cove. Bryndis Halla has been very active in Iceland as both soloist and chamber musician, and plays regularly chamber music and recitals in Scandinavia and mainland Europe. She toured Japan several times with the Izumi Tateno trio as well as giving recitals...