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Listaháskólinn. Hallfríður conducted orchestra for the
Amateur Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Symphony Orchestra, the North Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the East Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and other small groups like the Icelandic Flute Choir. She trained in woodwind instruments in the youth departments of symphony orchestras such as Ungsveitar Sinfóníuhljóms.
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in 2014. She received the award "for her contribution towards musical education of children". In early 2017, Hallfríður was nominated for the
Eldhugi of the Year from the Rotary Club of Kópavogur. She got Honorary Award of the Icelandic President's Export Award in 2019. It was for "her unique
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Icelandic chamber works, which she released on CD. Hallfríður was the Iceland Symphony Orchestra's leading flautist for more than two decades and performed in solo concerts with it. She also taught flute music at Menntaskóli í tónlist, Tónlistarskóli Garðabæjar and
287:(2017) were published in eight languages and more than 100 concerts based on the stories have staged by symphony orchestras worldwide. In February 2020, Hallfríður was the director of a band performing music by women of centuries before that had been forgotten.
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Iceland's reputation abroad." That same year, she won the Young Audiences Music Award. In June 2020, Hallfríður received the honorary recognition from Garðabær "for an important contribution to culture and the arts".
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