Gabríel Ólafs ~ Polar / Polar: Traveler’s Log

There are two distinct ways to experience the world of Gabríel Ólafs‘ Polar.  One may enjoy the album as an instrumental suite, or as a narrated journey.  Each offers its own unique pleasures. While the title gives the impression that the

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Orchestral Works

Gabríel Ólafs may be only 25, but he’s been playing piano for twenty years.   Over the past five years, he’s released albums for solo piano, piano and cello, and piano and small ensemble, but Orchestral Works ups the ante

Gabríel Ólafs ~ Solon Islandus

What’s the next step for an artist after becoming a teenaged global phenomenon?  For Gabríel Ólafs, the answer is to become a grown-up global phenomenon.  This was also the path taken by Ólafur Arnalds, and we suspect his younger Icelandic