SINGER
CULTURAL MANAGER
The passion
To sing and play. To share culture and classical vocal art all over the place, out and about, up and down, in all directions, experiment.
Hang out in nature. Be a part of the community. Meditate.
Connect people and themes, get to know people, eat a cinnamon bun, sugar free maybe. Learn, teach and mediate. Laugh, rejoice, get tears in my eyes and dance like no one is watching.
- Yes and find a way to found a professional choir in Iceland.
„Guja Sandholt worked on a wide sort of projects in Iceland and abroad in the past year (2019) and demonstrated a remarkable dramatic range. At Reykjavik Opera Days, she participated in performances of David Lang’s, The Little Match Girl Passion and Death Speaks and she impressed the audience with a performance of Judith Weir’s short opera, King Harald’s Saga at the Reykholtshátíð festival.“
- Grounds for a nomination as the Female Singer of the Year 2019 at the Icelandic Music Awards.
„The stars of the show were two Nordic singers with established stage personalities: a Terfel-like Swedish baritone Magnus Bilström and Icelandic mezzo Guja Sandholt who with her partner Carolyn Johnson-Wu formed the outstanding duo, singing Duparc.“
- Peter Schofield’s review of Oxford Lieder Festival
“Guja sang a few songs from Jórunn Viðar with admirable power and technical security. The last song, Vökuró, which Björk Guðmundsdóttir made world famous, was particularly gripping. It was intimate, vulnerable and bittersweet; there was a dreamlike, nostalgic atmosphere which was extremely persuading.“
- Jónas Sen
The musical event of the year in the festival category are REYKJAVIK OPERA DAYS. With exuberant drive and a strong artistic vision, the directors have presented new possibilities and the most varied forms of the operatic form as well as try new ways to reach and charm the audience.“
- Grounds of the selection committee for choosing REYKJAVIK OPERA DAYS Festival of the Year 2019 at the Icelandic Music Awards.