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Halldór Smárason completed a B.A. degree in composition from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2012 and an M.M. degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 2014 as a Fulbright-grantee. Through the years his teachers include composers Dr. Reiko Füting, Atli Ingólfsson and Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson.
Halldór has received numerous grants and awards, including a six-week residency at Civitella Ranieri in Italy. He has received the Icelandic artist’s salaries seven times and has received three nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards. |
In 2020, he released his debut album STARA on the Sono Luminus label. Halldór has worked with many renowned artists in Iceland and abroad, including the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and many chamber ensembles, including Ensemble intercontemporain and Caput.
As a pianist, Halldór has performed on numerous occasions as a soloist or as part of various groups. 
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