About
Photo Credit Magnus Andersen
Sævar Jóhannsson is a pianist and composer based in Iceland. He’s released a total of five albums, three under his previous artist name S.hel and is working on his third release under his current artist name “Sævar Jóhannsson”. In 2022 his album ´Whenever You’re Ready´ was the winner of Reykjavík Grapevine’s ´You Should Have Heard This´ award. ´Where the Light Enters´ came out in 2023 and Sævar´s sixth album will come out later in 2025.
Upprásin 2024 - Photo Credit SunnaBen
Sævar is an active musician within a broad variety of artistic environments, including composing original music for three major theatre productions and a short film by director Katla Sólnes, Whim Rules the Child, and Weather the Field, which was screened at the Oscar accredited film festival Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia inTokyo and RIFF 2024 (Reykjavík International Film Festival). Their collaboration continues as Sævar Co-scores a horror short film titled ‘Embla’ with composer and vocalist Maria-Carmela Raso. Sævar´s most recent project has been working as the musical director for multiple grass roots and alternative opera productions in venues across Reykjavík.
Korda Samfónía
Sævar has worked with MetamorPhonics since 2018, leading workshops, being part of the creative leadership team of Korda Samfónía and even guest player with the Messengers. His hopes are to continue to engage creatively with people of all backgrounds as part of his arts practice moving forward.