Víkingur Ólafsson (born 14 February 1984 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic pianist signed to Deutsche Grammophon, whose recordings have surpassed one billion streams. He broke through internationally with his 2018 Bach album and has since won the 2025 Grammy for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize, and the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, among many other honours.
Ólafsson released his new album Opus 109 on Deutsche Grammophon, centred on Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109, in dialogue with works by Bach and Schubert.
Ólafsson won his first Grammy Award - Best Classical Instrumental Solo - for his Deutsche Grammophon recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Ólafsson was awarded the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize, recognising his career as a performer.
Ólafsson gave the world premiere of John Adams's piano concerto After the Fall with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, a work written expressly for him.
Ólafsson received the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal and was named Musical America's Instrumentalist of the Year.
concert19:00Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, Grammy winner for Bach's Goldberg Variations, performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 with conductor Herbert Blomstedt and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. After the intermission, Brahms' Fourth Symphony.
concert15:00Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson performs Beethoven's Piano Sonata opus 109 alongside works by Bach and Schubert. An introduction before the concert provides insight into the pieces and their composers.