Jónas Sen

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Icelandic pianist, composer and music critic (born 1962)

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name	Jónas Sen
birth_date
birth_place	Iceland
occupation	Pianist, composer, arranger, music critic, television presenter
instrument	Piano, keyboards
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Jónas Sen (born 1962) is an Icelandic pianist, composer and arranger, and a music critic for Vísir.is. He has collaborated with the musician Björk, including work on the sheet music publication 34 Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord and Celeste.

Sen has presented and written music-related television programmes for RÚV.

Music career

Collaborations with Björk

Sen performed as a keyboard player with Björk during the Volta touring period (2007–2008). In connection with Björk’s Biophilia project, he arranged material for keyboard instruments used in the app release.

In 2017, Sen collaborated with Björk on the publication 34 Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord and Celeste.

Composition and theatre

Sen composed music for Versations / Tetralogia, part of Gabríela Friðriksdóttir’s work related to Iceland’s participation at the 2005 Venice Biennale.

He also composed music for the multimedia theatre/opera production H, an incident, directed by Kris Verdonck.

Media career

Television

Sen has written and hosted music-related programmes for RÚV, including Tíu fingur. He has also been credited as presenter (“Umsjón”) for the series Tónspor. Morgunblaðið reported in 2010 on the programme Átta raddir in connection with RÚV programming.

Music criticism

Sen has written music criticism for Vísir.is. He has also been identified in the Icelandic press as a music critic for Fréttablaðið.

In 2025, Sen’s concert reviews were discussed in Icelandic media coverage about music criticism and tone in reviews.

Bibliography

2017: Þá er ástæða til að hlæja: Æviminningar Halldórs Haraldssonar (JPV).

Discography

Solo and collaborations

1993 – Works by Brahms, Liszt and Scriabin (piano).
2005 – Versations Tetralogia (with Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Björk, Borgar Magnason and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson).
2011 – Langt fyrir utan ystu skóga – arrangements of songs by Björk (with Ásgerður Júníusdóttir).

As featured musician

2005 – Björk, Drawing Restraint 9 (celeste).
2007 – Björk, Volta (keyboards; acoustic arrangements).

References

"Gagnrýni Jónasar Sen".
Strauss, Matthew. (28 April 2017). "Björk Announces Career-Spanning Songbook 34 Scores".
"Tíu fingur – Spilari RÚV".
"Björk Past: People".
(2 June 2011). "Bjork Unveils Multimedia 'Biophilia' Project".
"Gabríela Friðriksdóttir: Versations Tetralogia".
"H, an incident – Kris Verdonck/A Two Dogs Company".
"Dagblaðið Vísir – DV, 6. febrúar 2012 (blaðsíða 26)".
(19 January 2010). "Jónas Sen flytur lög Bjarkar á komandi Listahátíð". Morgunblaðið.
"Gagnrýni Jónasar Sen".
"Fréttablaðið – 19.08.2006 (blaðsíða 81)".
(20 May 2025). "Jónas Sen sakaður um derring og meinfýsni".
(20 May 2025). ""Ekki ætlunin að særa heldur hrista aðeins upp í umræðunni"".
"Langt fyrir utan ystu skóga".

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