Guitarist · composer · collaborator
Bjorn Thoroddsen — Icelandic guitarist and composer
An Icelandic voice on six strings.
Guitarist, composer, performer, session player, teacher, collaborator, festival founder, and musical event host. Four decades moving freely through jazz, rock and Icelandic song.
Bjossi Thor Guitar Festival
Guitars, guests, and the Guitar Nail
Explore the festival's history, past guests, and the Guitar Nail — its special award for guitarists.
Bjorn Thoroddsen
Music without borders
Bjorn Thoroddsen brings jazz craft, Icelandic melody, and restless curiosity to a singular musical career. From the first Icelandic jazz-fusion record in 1982 to Nashville sessions with Robben Ford, the journey spans fusion groups, folk-song trios, and guitar festivals on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Featured recording
The Beatles for one guitar
Bjorn's personal solo-guitar arrangements of enduring songs.
Bjorn Thoroddsen Plays The Beatles · 2013
Beatles songs arranged for solo guitar.
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On stage
Mediterranean Sundance
Al Di Meola, Peo Alfonsi, and Bjorn Thoroddsen together on stage.
