Icelandic composer Einar Torfi Einarsson (born 1980) is a graduate of the University of Huddersfield and one of the most interesting emerging young composers. His works are performed by the most prominent ensembles and soloists, as on this album, and reflect his focus on experimental notation, performance physicality, non-linear and non-teleological structures, and notational experiments exploring the boundary between music, installation art, and visual art. Einarsson's KAIROS debut is five ensemble pieces from 2008 to 2012 – certainly a composer you'll be hearing a lot more from!

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Recordings: Muziekgebouw aan’t IJ, Amsterdam/Netherlands, 30 August 2009 (Tr. 1-9); Viitasaaren Lukio/Finland, 10 July 2010 (10-16); St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield/UK, 26 November 2009 (17-24); Helmut-List-Halle Graz/Austria, 5 February 2011 (25).