Langt út / Far out - jazztónleikar í Sláturhúsinu

Magnús Trygvason Eliassen hefur stundað tónlistarnám frá 8 ára aldri. Hann nam við Tónlistarskóla FÍH árin 2004 til 2010 og hlaut vorið 2008 skólagjaldastyrk FÍH vegna góðrar frammistöðu í námi og þáttöku hans í nokkrum útskriftarprófum nemenda skólans. Magnús stundaði einnig nám við NTNU í Þrándheimi og naut þar handleiðslu Tor Haugerud, Ernst Wiggo Sandbakk og fleiri frábærra trymbla.

Undanfarin ár hefur Magnús verið mjög virkur í íslensku tónlistarlífi og unnið með fjölmörgum tónlistarmönnum og hljómsveitum s.s. Eyþóri Gunnarssyni, Ellen Kristjánsdóttur, Kristjönu Stefánsdóttur, Tómasi R. Einarssyni, Sigríði Thorlacius, Steingrími Karl Teague, hljómsveitunum ADHD (sem fékk íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin 2009 fyrir samnefnda plötu), Amiinu, Sin Fang, K-tríó, Moses Hightower, múm o.fl. Magnús hefur einnig tekið þátt í Young Nordic Jazz Comets keppninni fjórum sinnum og tvisvar verið í vinningshljómsveitum, K-tríó og Reginfirra.

Birgir Steinn Theodorsson kontrabassaleikari hefur verið virkur á íslensku jazzsenunni frá 2012. Hann útskrifaðist frá Fíh 2015 og hélt þá til Berlínar í framhaldsnám. Þar lærði hann undir handleiðslu Greg Cohen, Marc muellbauer og Douglas Weiss.

Tónleikarnir hefjast kl 20:00 og miðaverð er kr 2000.-

At the 5th concert in the Far out series at Slaturhusid Edgars invites some of the best jazz musicians in Iceland to play their own original music.

Magnús Trygvason Eliassen - Based in the greater Reykjavík area, Magnús has performed and recorded with many well renowned musicians from Iceland and from abroad, including ADHD, amiina, Moses Hightower, Farao, Ingibjörg Turchi, Tumi Árnason, Magnús Jóhann, Tómas Jónsson, Hist og, Cell7, Ólöf Arnalds, Ólafur Arnalds, Skúli Sverrison, Damien Rice, Erlend Oye, Dustin O’Halloran, Ingi Bjarni Skúlason, etc. and he has also written music for film and theater. Magnús was also voted Jazz Performer of the year at the 2021 Iceland Music Awards. While not touring, recording or writing music, Magnús watches football religiously and reads as much as he can.

Birgir Steinn Theodorsson - is a in demand double bass player based in Reykjavik. Birgir has played with some of the best known jazz musicians in Iceland such as Sigurdur Flosason, Andres Thor, ​Hilmar Jensson to name a few. Birgir has a wide international experience studying in Berlin Jazz institute, residing in New York and Denmark. During his time abroad Birgir has played and studied with numerous notable jazz musicians like Anders Mogensen, George Garzone​, Jim Black and others.

Edgars Rugajs is a jazz guitarist, improviser, composer and educator from Latvia. The last three years he has been residing in Iceland where he is performing and teaching music.
Edgars has traveled performed around Europe in countries like Estonia, Germany, Denmark to name a few. Edgars mainly works in a field of jazz, playing music based in a jazz tradition and also working in a free jazz scene with his Danish/Latvian duo Krabbadyrinn. Edgars is a co-creator of the new jazz concert series in Egilsstadir named "Far out/Langt Út" bringing ot East Iceland local and international jazz musicians and improvisers.
The concert starts at 20:00