Karólína Eiríksdóttir

Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951) is an Icelandic composer. Karólína was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied piano as a child. She later studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music with Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with George Wilson, Leslie Bassett and William Albright. She graduated with a Master's degrees in music history and research (1976) and in composition (1978), and took a teaching position at the College of Music in Reykjavik.