Compared by the press to Glenn Gould, Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson. After an album of music by Philip Glass, he now recorded an idiosyncratic selection of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. It earned him rave reviews and the title 'Gramophone Artist of the Year 2019'. The jury praised his gift 'to make something familiar feel entirely his own, drawing you into a world where no other interpretation seems possible'.
