Eyþór Ingi Jónsson er fæddur og uppalinn í
Dalasýslu, þar sem hann hóf tónlistarmenntun
sína sex ára gamall. Hann nam síðar orgelleik hjá Fríðu Lárusdóttur við Tónlistarskólann á Akranesi.
Síðan lærði hann orgelleik, kórstjórn og
hliðargreinar við Tónskóla Þjóðkirkjunnar undir leiðsögn Harðar Áskelssonar, Smára Ólasonar o.fl.
Eyþór lauk Kantorsprófi frá skólanum vorið
1998. Hann nam síðan Kirkjutónlist við Tónlistarháskólann í Piteå í
Svíþjóð og eftir það lauk hann einnig námi í Konsertorganistadeild í sama
skóla. Orgelkennari hans var prófessor
Eyþór Ingi Jónsson was born and raised in Dalasýsla, beginning his
musical education there at the age of six. Later, he learnt to play the organ
with Fríða Lárusdóttir at the Akranes School of Music. He then went on to study
organ playing, choir conducting and related subjects at the Icelandic State
Church School of Music with Hörður Áskelsson, Smári Ólason, and
others. Eyþór completed his Musical director’s course from the school in early
1998, later going on to study church music at the Musical University of Piteå
in Sweden, and finally studying at the Concert organist department of that same university. His organ instructors were profs. Hans-Ola Ericsson and Gary Verkade. Eyþór
has also attended courses held by several well known teachers, including Harald
Vogel, Wolfgang Zerer, Jon Laukvik, Mathias Wager and Olivier Latry. Eyþór has
taught at the Icelandic music schools in Akranes, Dalasysla and Akureyri, as
well as playing in churches and with choirs nationwide. He has held numerous
concerts in Iceland, Sweden and Norway, and conducted many choirs both in
Iceland and in other countries. In 1998-1999 he served as organist at Akureyri
church in the absence of
Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, and in 2002 he was musical director and organist at
Skellefteå Church in Sweden. Eyþór is currently a choir conductor
and organist at Akureyri church, as well as conducting
the independent choir Hymnodia. He focuses on seventeenth century music, both
for organ and choir, and took part in founding the Akureyri society for
enthusiasts of music from that period.





