# Gabríel Ólafs, pianist, composer, founder Reykjavík Orkestra. Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra.md Podcast: [My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647) Published: 2026-06-09T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/my-perfect-console/episodes/gabriel-olafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjavik-orkestra Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63b458521043e00011114396/e/6a2180af1ddbe06b3addf119/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/episodes/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra Duration seconds: 4977 ## Resource Gabríel Ólafs is an Icelandic pianist, composer, and producer whose work blends classical tradition with fantasy and a strikingly modern sense of atmosphere. Born in Reykjavík in 1998, he began playing piano at the age of five, receiving both classical and jazz training before emerging as a recording artist while still a teenager. His debut album, Absent Minded , was released in 2019, and his subsequent work has expanded steadily in scope—from the solo intimacy of Piano Works to the folk-inspired Lullabies for Piano and Cello , which grew out of a 1906 Icelandic songbook he discovered in an antique shop. He is also the co-founder of the  Reykjavík Orkestra , and has quickly become one of the most distinctive young voices in contemporary instrumental music. Most recently, with Polar , he has moved further into speculative, atmospheric composition, drawing in part on the dreamlike emotional language of video games. Gabriel Ólafs:   Website   Releases Archive   Spotify   Apple Music   YouTube   Instagram Polar:   Listen on Spotify   Listen on Apple Music   Buy CD (Decca Classics)   Buy from Decca Records US   YouTube Playlist Polar: Traveler's Log:   Listen on Spotify Polar: Building A World:   Watch on YouTube The Waves:   Listen on Spotify Forza Horizon 6:   Official Site   Xbox Other Gabriel Ólafs Releases / Labels:   Oli Records   Decca Classics   Releases Archive Jóhann Jóhannsson / IBM 1401:   Listen on Spotify   Watch on YouTube Nils Frahm:   Website   Spotify Gabriel's Perfect Console:   World of Warcraft   The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered   God of War   Death Stranding Baldur's Gate 3 Other Games Discussed  … ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/episodes/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-perfect-console-with-simon-parkin-5970647/gabr-el-lafs-pianist-composer-founder-reykjav-k-orkestra.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.