From the music of the Icelandic singer Bjork, to Philip Glass's studies with a 32-year old pianist, also Icelandic, Víkingur Ólafsson; these are selections from his debut album for the Deutsche Grammophon Record Label, released only a few days ago, on the 27^th of January 2017.

Since the31st of January marks the 80^th anniversary of Philip Glass, one of the most internationally renowned composers of today, the apparition of such a disc was to be expected. Less known to the Romanian public is the name of the pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, a real celebrity in his native country of Island, with an important career also abroad. Víkingur Ólafsson plays in equal measure both classical music repertoires and contemporary works; in 2017, a big part of his agenda is made up of playing some contemporary concertos for the first time.

The collaboration between Ólafsson and Glass isn't at all accidental: in 2016, Glass himself chose a few pianists who were to play the entirety of his piano studies, at Barbican Hall, in London: Ólafsson was among them and he was the star of that evening, commended for his very delicate style, in which one can see his experience in interpreting cult music, but also the crossover genre.