Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson fæddist í Reykjavik 1982. Hann hóf tónlistarnám 7 ára að aldri. Árið 2005 útskrifaðist hann frá Listaháskóla Íslands. Þar nam hann tónsmíðar með Dr.Úlfari Inga Haraldssyni and Hilmari Þórðarsyni. Nýlega lauk Guðmundur M.A. gráðu í tónsmíðum frá Mills College í Kaliforníufylki í Bandaríkjunum. Þar nam hann ásamt Alvin Curran, Fred Frith og John Bischoff. Hann hefur tekið þátt í námskeiðum með Tristan Murail, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pauline Oliveros and Clarence Barlow.
Tónsmíðar hans hafa verið fluttar á ýmsum hátíðum svo sem U.N.M. ('02, '06 og '07) Reno Interdisciplinary Arts Festival, ESAP 2007, Signal Flow og Music for People and Thingamajigs. Tónlist hans hefur verið leikin með hópum á borð við Quartet Opabinia (US), The Zapolski Quartet (DK) og Atón/Njútón (IS). Guðmundur á verk á geisladisk þess síðastnefnda.
  Guðmundur Steinn var tónlistarstjóri í tilraunakenndri teiknimynd sem heitir Þröngsýn, en tónlistin vann verðlaun á NUFF kvikmyndahátíðinni í Noregi. Hann hefur einnig verið iðinn við að leika spunatónlist, ýmist á tölvu eða gítar, en í slíku samhengi hefur hann leikið ásamt Aram Shelton, Liz Meredith, Travis Johns, Steve Hubback, Fred Frith, Andrew D'Angelo og Ad Peijnenburg. Tónlist hans hefur verið útgefin frá Smekkleysu og Edgetone. Guðmundur Steinn er stofnmeðlimur samtakanna S.L.Á.T.U.R..

 

 

 

Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1982. Began music studies at the age of seven. In 2005 he graduated from The Iceland Academy of Arts. There he studied composition with Dr.Ulfar Haraldsson and Hilmar Thordarson. Recently Gudmundur graduated with a M.A. degree in composition from Mills College. There he studied with Alvin Curran, Fred Frith and John Bischoff. He has attended masterclasses with Tristan Murail, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pauline Oliveros and Clarence Barlow.
His compositions have been performed at festivals such as U.N.M., Reno Interdisciplinary Arts Festival, ESAP 2007 and Music for People and Thingamajigs. His music has been performed by ensembles such as Quartet Opabinia (US), The Zapolski Quartet (DK) and Atón/Njútón (IS).
  Gudmundur Steinn was the musical director of an experimental animated film named Hidebound which won a special prize for music at the NUFF young film makers festival in Norway. He has also been active as a improviser and has performed in that context with musicians such as Steve Hubback, Fred Frith, Andrew D'Angelo and Ad Peijnenburg. His music has appeared on various records which are available from Bad Taste (Reykjavik) and Edgetone (San Francisco).