Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, an Icelandic-American, was born in Reykjavík in 1994 and is a renowned cellist. She made her debut with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra [ISO] in 2013 at which time she also graduated with a soloist degree from the Reykjavík College of Music. She completed her bachelor’s degree [2017] at Northwestern University [Chicago] and recently graduated with a master’s degree from the Julliard School [New York] and is currently an Advanced Diploma candidate at the Royal Academy of Music [London]. She was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago [the training orchestra for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra] during 2027–2018 and has performed as soloist and in chamber music recitals in the United States, Canada, Iceland, Denmark, Holland, France, and the UK, including at Carnegie Hall [New York]. She has won several prestigious competitions and fellowships. In a recent tour within Iceland she performed the six J. S. Bach unaccompanied Cello Suites, which many consider amongst Bach greatest compositions.

The preceding is abstracted from her more complete bio on her website: www.GeirtrudurAnna.com.

She will perform a free recital at 12:10 pm CST, Friday. 1-March-2024, at Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago on Michigan Avenue at Delaware Place cosponsored by Fourth and the Musicians Club of Women in-person as well as live-streamed and YouTube-archived at www.FourthChurch.org. The Musicians Club of Women cosponsors these weekly Friday noon concerts the first Friday of each month and features women performers and/or compositions by women composers.