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Hörður Áskelsson

LC control no.no 99010829
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Personal name headingHörður Áskelsson
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Variant(s)Áskelsson, Hörður
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Mótettukór Hallgrímskirkju
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Founded corporate body of person: Schola Cantorum (Musical group : Iceland)
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Associated countryIceland
Birth date1953-07-19
Place of birthAkureyri (Iceland)
Field of activityMusic
AffiliationHallgrímskirkja (Reykjavík, Iceland)
Þjóðkirkja Íslands
Profession or occupationChoral conductors
Music teachers
Found inJón Nordal. Sól eg sá [SR] p1997: container (Hörður Áskelsson, conductor)
LA Phil WWW site, January 4, 2021 (Hörður Áskelsson, conductor; born in Akureyri in the north of Iceland in 1953; appointed Music Director of Hallgrímskirkja in 1982, and in the same year, founded the Motet Choir of Hallgrímskirkja; in 1996 he founded the chamber choir Schola cantorum; also teaches organ and choir conducting at the Iceland National Church's Music School)
   <https://www.laphil.com/musicdb/artists/377/horur-askelsson>
Google knowledge panel, January 4, 2021 (Hörður Áskelsson; Icelandic choirmaster; born July 19, 1953, Akureyri, Iceland)