Eythor Thorlaksson

Biography

Eythor Thorlaksson (1930-2018) started young playing musical instruments. In the years 1950 - 1952 he studied guitar in England, Denmark and Sweden and in 1953 in Madrid with Daniel Fortea and Quintin Esquembre. In the years 1954 - 1957 he studied harmony and counterpoint with Dr. Urbancic and in 1958 - 1961 he completed his guitar studies with Graciano Tarragó in Barcelona. Since then he was the principal guitar teacher at The Music School in Hafnarfjordur and has written a lot of tutorial material , arrangements and compositions for the classical guitar.

Graciano Tarragó and Eythor Thorlaksson

Eythor Thorlaksson in San't Feliu de Guixols

Eythor Thorlaksson