Viking heritage inspires soothing lullabies from Icelandic pianist Gabríel Ólafs
Vikings were ruthless warriors, but also preserved art. This has inspired a new album of Lullabies for Piano and Cello from composer Gabríel Ólafs.
While strolling in his home city of Reykjavik last year, Gabríel Ólafs wandered into a bookstore, where he found an out-of-print collection of ancient Viking melodies. The Icelandic pianist-composer found inspiration to explore his heritage in a new way as he flipped through the volume of tunes collected by a traveling priest around 150 years ago.
