Gunnar Karel Másson was born in Reykjavík May 17th 1984.
He started studying music at an early age and has played a diverse range of instruments.
Gunnar started his compositional studies in the fall of 2007 at the Icelandic Academy of Arts
where he finished a B.A. in composition in 2010.
He is currently studying in Denmark where he will finish a Cand.Mus. in composition in 2012 at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen.
His teachers have been;
Tryggvi Baldvinsson,Dr. Úlfar Ingi Haraldsson, Bent Sørensen,
Hans Abrahamsen and Juliana Hodkinson.
His Music has been performed at a number of festivals:
Ung Nordisk Musik (2009 SE/2010 FI/2011 DK/2012 IS)
Hitzacker Sommerliche Musiktage DE (2009)
Við Djúpið IS (2009)
Dark Music Days IS (2010)
Klangwerkstatt Berlin DE (2010)
Pulsar DK (2011/2012)
Þjóðlagahátíð IS (2011)
Integra Live DK (2011)
