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Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Philip Glass, Edvard Grieg, Robert Schumann and Alexander Scriabin. Those roots explain a lot about how Víkingur Ólafsson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Alexandre Tharaud, Daniel Barenboim, Angela Hewitt, Martha Argerich and Vladimir Ashkenazy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Valgeir Sigurðsson, Balmorhea, Ben Frost and Hania Rani, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Víkingur Ólafsson, reaching back through Johann Sebastian Bach and forward to Valgeir Sigurðsson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Víkingur ÓlafssonJohann Sebastian BachPhilip GlassEdvard GriegRobert SchumannAlexander ScriabinJohn AdamsValgeir SigurðssonBalmorheaBen FrostHania RaniAlexandre TharaudDaniel BarenboimAngela HewittMartha ArgerichVladimir AshkenazyArthur Rubinstein

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Víkingur Ólafsson connections

Víkingur Ólafsson grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Philip Glass, Edvard Grieg and Robert Schumann, shares an orbit with Alexandre Tharaud, Daniel Barenboim, Angela Hewitt and Martha Argerich, went on to shape Valgeir Sigurðsson, Balmorhea, Ben Frost and Hania Rani. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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