Pétur Eggerts is a composer who works via visual and performance art. The transformation of sound through arbitrary translations into various mediums (or vice versa) is a focal point in his work, combined with the augmentation and examination of performer and audience roles. Spectators may find themselves influencing the progression of a piece and performers can end up in unfamiliar territories. Pétur is first and foremost interested in the customs and functions of musical performances and wants to create intervention possibilities for all involved.
Pétur graduated with a BA in music composition from Iceland University of the Arts in 2018 and a masters degree from Mills College in Oakland, CA in 2020. Pétur has performed and worked with various musicians and artists through the years and his pieces have been performed or exhibited widely accross Europe and the US, at festivals such as CHIME Fest, Cycle, Hamraborg Festival, LungA, Reykjavík Dance Festival, Seigla, Tut Töt Tuð and Ung Nordisk Musik. Pétur has written for, worked and performed with diverse artists such as Bergur Thomas Anderson, Caput Ensemble, Daníel Bjarnason, David Behrmann, Eclipse Quartet, Ensemble Adapter, Goodiepal, Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, The Iceland Dance Company, Lilja María Ásmundsdóttur, Matt Robidoux, Meredith Monk, MOCREP, The Post Performance Blues Band og Zekarias Musele Thompson. He is additionally a member of the techno-violin duo Geigen alongside Gígja Jónsdóttir, and the rock group Skelkur í bringu. He also creates experimental dance music under the alias Hjalti Kaftu.