Name: Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson & Hilmar Jensson
Start: 2025-10-31T20:00:00+00:00
Location: Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

$Dan\u00edel Fri\u00f0rik B\u00f6\u00f0varsson & Hilmar Jensson$

Friday, October 31st
Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson & Hilmar Jensson
doors 19:30 / show 20:00
2500kr / 2000kr students / pay what u can
Hilmar and Daniel will perform together for the first time as a guitar duo, featuring mostly fresh original material.
Hilmar Jensson (b.1966) first picked up the guitar at the age of six but started studying formally at age eleven. Graduated from FIH School of Music in 1987. BM degree from Berklee College of Music in 1991. Private lessons with Mick Goodrick, Jerry Bergonzi, Hal Crook and Joe Lovano. Performed and recorded in a wide variety of settings and appeared on over 50 records including 8 as a leader or co-leader. Performed in 35 countries with his trio "TYFT", Jim Black’s AlasNoAxis, Trevor Dunn's MadLove, Mógil, Outhouse, BMX and others. One the founders of Kitchen Motors, an Icelandic record label, think tank and art organization.
Recorded and/or performed with Tim Berne, Andrew D’Angelo, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Skuli Sverrisson, Trevor Dunn, Herb Robertson, Eyvind Kang, Marc Ducret, Chris Cheek, Seamus Blake, Cuong Vu, Tom Rainey, Peter Evans, Matt Garrison, Briggan Krauss, Ben Perowski, Jamie Saft, Ches Smith, John Zorn, Ted Reichmann, Ben Street, Wadada Leo Smith, Arve Henriksen, Terje Isungset, Per Jörgensen, Per Oddvar Johansen, Anders Jormin and many others.
Daníel Friðrik Böðvarsson (b. 1989, Reykjavík) is a guitarist, composer, and producer based in Iceland and Berlin. He studied jazz guitar at the Jazz Institut Berlin under Kurt Rosenwinkel and Greg Cohen, after earlier studies with Hilmar Jensson at the FÍH School of Music.
A founding member of Moses Hightower, Daníel has released three albums with the band and twice received the Icelandic Music Award for songwriting. He has collaborated with artists such as Skúli Sverrisson, Arto Lindsay, Wadada Leo Smith, and Shahzad Ismaily, and performed at venues and festivals across Europe and the United States. Daníel has also produced recordings for a wide range of Icelandic artists and received the Kristján Eldjárn Memorial Fund Award in 2022 for promising young musicians.