Icelandic classical guitarist Svanur Vilbergsson is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising young performers of his instrument. As a two-time recipient of grants from the Cultural Council of Iceland, he has given concerts at the King's Chapel Concert Series in Boston, the Bonnenfanten Museum (Maastricht, Holland), Encontre internacional de compositors, Illes Balears , and the Great Hall of Devon (England). He is a regular guest artist for the Casa Eulalia Concert Series in Mallorca, Spain, and was selected to take part in The Gulf Stream Project, a series of concerts in Norway as part of the Icelandic-Norwegian cultural exchange program. Recent performances include recitals in Boston, Seattle, and Majorca, where he played the premiere of a commissioned work by Mateu Malondra Flaquer. In addition to his concerts throughout Europe and the USA, Svanur Vilbergsson continues to perform on the most visible stages in his native country, playing at the Reykjavik Culture Night Festival, the Blue Church Concert Series in Seydisfjordur as well as at the Tíbrá Series at Salurinn, Icelands main chamber music hall.
Vilbergsson holds a Bachelor's degree from the Maastricht Conservatory (Holland), where he studied with Carlo Marchione and had Chamber Music studies with cellist Alexander Petrasch and violist Henk Guittart. His other teachers have included Arnaldur Arnarsson (Escola Luthier, Spain) Sonja Prunnbauer (Hochschule für musik Freiburg) and Enno Voorhorst, with whom he attained his Master's degree from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Holland).