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Ingi Bjarni Skúlason

Born: September 9, 1987

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason is an Icelandic pianist and composer who shapes his own poetics. He has released 7 albums with his music and toured both in Europe and Japan. He makes his own kind of folk music with the freedom of expressiveness, and space for both lyrical and free improvisation.

Over the years, Ingi Bjarni has performed his original music with a wide range of musicians across Iceland and Europe. He has appeared at numerous international jazz festivals, including Jazzahead (Bremen), Elbjazz (Hamburg), Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Vilnius Jazz Festival, Lillehammer Jazz Festival, Nordic Jazz Comets, and Reykjavík Jazz Festival. In addition to these, he has given concerts in Iceland, Japan, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Estonia, Latvia, the Faroe Islands, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason: Hope

by Tyran Grillo
February 22, 2026

On Hope, Icelandic pianist and composer Ingi Bjarni Skulason opens a quiet interior, one shaped by listening as much as by sound. Joined by bassist Anders Jormin, guitarist Hilmar Jensson, and drummer Magnus Trygvason Eliassen, he presents a quartet steeped in introspection, where each note seems to arrive after careful consideration, as if feeling its way ...

Hope

By Ingi Bjarni Skúlason

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Hope; Uplift; Chant; Eftir allt; Hægur dans; April Dreams; Continuation; Desember; Escaped.

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason: Hope

by Glenn Astarita
July 22, 2025

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason's seventh album, Hope, released on January 17, 2025, is a poignant exploration of grief and resilience, exquisitely woven into a Nordic jazz tapestry. This Icelandic pianist and composer, joined by truly estimable artists--Anders Jormin on double bass, Hilmar Jensson on guitar and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen on drums--crafts a soundscape that is both introspective ...

Uneven Equator

By Sigmar Matthíasson

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Equilibrium; Nú sefur jörðin; Ames Window; Slysaskot í Palestínu; Agitation; Ísfold; Rauðir skógar; Expect the Unexpected

Fragile Magic

By Ingi Bjarni Skúlason

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Impulsive; Fragile Magic; Visan; Glimpse; Suburb; Úti á götu; Introduction; My Sleepless Nights in June; Einn, tveir, þrír

Introduction

November 21, 2024

Album: Fragile Magic
By Ingi Bjarni Skúlason
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Duration: 03:42

Ingi Bjarni Skúlason: Farfuglar

by Chris May
January 4, 2024

Appropriately enough for an album on NXN, a subsidiary of classical label Naxos, which only relatively recently diversified into jazz, the Icelandic pianist Ingi Bjarni Skúlason's Farfuglar spans both traditions. Is it classical? Is it jazz? Both? Neither? Check the YouTube below and decide for yourself. Whatever it may be, Skúlason's music is ...

Farfuglar

By Ingi Bjarni Skúlason

Label: NXN Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Þýðing, Bjögun á dögun, Það sem er, When Holiday Really Begins, Farfuglar, Knowing Without Knowing, Að fljúga, Loftin blá, Mamma engill.

Lessons

By Ingi Bjarni Skúlason

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Imperfect; Skinn; Sense; Andrúm; Kynnast; In My Arms; Impulsive; Havneringen; Dilemma; Best Wishes.