Icelandic Composer Ólafur Arnalds Announces 2018 Australian Tour

July 30, 2018

Post-classical Icelandic composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Ólafur Arnalds has announced his return to Australia for a run of headline shows in 2018.

Performing songs from his impressive back catalogue and upcoming album RE:MEMBER, Arnalds will be hitting up expansive theatres in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide between November and December.

RE:MEMBER — which is set for release on 24th August — sees Arnalds use custom-built Stratus software to control self-playing pianos and feed them a stream of generative music.

“The self-playing pianos are a jolt to the creative process that forces me to try new and often surprising things,” Arnalds says.

“In a live setting the pianos are an integral part of the performance due to their generative nature. Each time they are played is a little different, making every performance unique.”

Arnalds released his latest studio album For Now I Am Winter back in 2013. Since then, he’s released projects like 2016’s Trance Frendz (with Nils Frahm) and a soundtrack for the ITV series Broadchurch, which won a BAFTA for Best Original Music.

Catch all the tour dates and ticket details for Ólafur Arnalds’ 2018 Australian tour, below.