Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi

“The bass player and composer Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi has been involved in many parts of the Icelandic music scene. She studied jazz bass at the FÍH Music School and completed a BA degree in Composition in 2020. She also holds BA-degrees in Ancient-Greek and Latin. Ingibjörg has played with many of the nation’s most beloved artists, such as Bubbi Morthens, Stuðmenn, Teitur Magnússon, Emiliana Torrini and so on, both in concerts and on records, and also worked in a band at the National Theater. Ingibjörg also performs regularly under her own name with her band. She has released two solo albums, Wood / work (2017) and Meliae (2020), the latter of which won the Kraumur Prize and was chosen album of the year by Morgunblaðið and straum.is.” – Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Eonia is a new piece written by bassist and composer Ingibjörg Turchi. It has been in the works over the past year, following the release of her second album Stropha in 2023. On that album, three woodwind players joined her five-piece band, expanding the sonic palette and inspiring the direction of this new work.

Composed with the interplay of woodwinds and rhythm section in mind, Eonia blends lush harmonies, open forms, and free improvisation. As with Ingibjörg’s previous releases, the piece finds its shape through a balance of spontaneity and carefully crafted arrangements — forming the distinctive soundscape she has been developing in recent years.

Musicians :

Electric Bass and composition-Ingibjörg Elsa Turchi
Electric Guitar-Hróðmar Sigurðsson
Piano-Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson
Drums and percussion-Magnús Trygvason Eliassen
Tenor Saxophone-Tumi Árnason
Alto Saxophone-Sölvi Kolbeinsson
Clarinet-Sólveig Morávek
Flutes-Björg Brjánsdóttir
Baritone Saxophone-Rósa Guðrún Sveinsdóttir

Photographer : Art Bicknick