R\u00f6gnvaldur og Helga voru \u00f3l\u00edk sem dagur og n\u00f3tt. Hann lif\u00f0i fyrir t\u00f3nlistina, en h\u00fan lif\u00f0i fyrir hann. Hann var h\u00e1v\u00e6r, st\u00f3rkarlalegur, fr\u00e1sagnagla\u00f0ur og hamhleypa vi\u00f0 hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0. H\u00fan var hlj\u00f3\u00f0l\u00e1t, huguls\u00f6m, mild \u00ed d\u00f3mum og hjartapr\u00fa\u00f0 og s\u00e1 um \u00ed sm\u00e1u og st\u00f3ru, a\u00f0 hann g\u00e6ti sinnt k\u00f6llun sinni. Til samans voru \u00feau fullkomin, menningarheimili \u00ed hjarta \u00feessa vaxandi \u00feorps, sem haf\u00f0i a\u00f0dr\u00e1ttarafl fyrir \u00fe\u00e1, sem leitu\u00f0u \u00fat fyrir hversdagsleikann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
R\u00f6gnvaldur haf\u00f0i a\u00f0 v\u00edsu komi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 m\u00edna s\u00f6gu \u00e1\u00f0ur. Hann var pr\u00f3fd\u00f3mari, \u00feegar \u00e9g \u00fereytti mitt fyrsta og seinasta pr\u00f3f vi\u00f0 t\u00f3nlistarsk\u00f3lann \u00ed fram\u00farstefnuverki eftir B\u00e9la Bartok, sem leiddi til \u00feess, a\u00f0 \u00e9g snerti ekki hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri s\u00ed\u00f0ar \u00e1 \u00e6vinni. En n\u00fa b\u00e6tti hann m\u00e9r \u00feetta upp. M\u00e9r er minnist\u00e6tt fr\u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma, a\u00f0 R\u00f6gnvaldur var a\u00f0 undirb\u00faa af kappi t\u00f3nleikafer\u00f0 til R\u00famen\u00edu. H\u00fasi\u00f0 var hlj\u00f3\u00f0b\u00e6rt, svo a\u00f0 Chopin, Rachmaninov, Lizt og Katsjaturian endur\u00f3mu\u00f0u um allt h\u00fasi\u00f0 og n\u00e1grenni\u00f0, svo a\u00f0 undir t\u00f3k uppi \u00e1 St\u00fdrimannast\u00edg. \u00dearna kynntist \u00e9g \u00fev\u00ed, hvernig einleikst\u00f3nleikar mikils meistara ver\u00f0a til: \u00derotlausar \u00e6fingar, endurtekningar ad nauseam, mist\u00f6k sem eru lei\u00f0r\u00e9tt, t\u00falkun og bl\u00e6brig\u00f0i breytast, og a\u00f0 lokum fengum vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 heyra st\u00f3rkostlega t\u00f3nleika alskapa\u00f0a fyrir ekki neitt. \u00deetta b\u00e6tti m\u00e9r upp hi\u00f0 endasleppa n\u00e1m \u00ed t\u00f3nlistarsk\u00f3lanum \u00e1 menntask\u00f3la\u00e1rum. Vi\u00f0 Brynd\u00eds \u00feykjumst hafa b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00feessari reynslu alla t\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an. \u00dearna l\u00e6r\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta t\u00f3nlistar, a\u00f0 skynja galdurinn og a\u00f0 hr\u00edfast af orkunni og fegur\u00f0inni,sem \u00e1 k\u00f6flum er n\u00e6stum \u00f3mennskt.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar R\u00f6gnvaldur h\u00e9lt upp \u00e1 fimmtugsafm\u00e6li sitt, sem bar upp \u00e1 15. okt\u00f3ber 1968, var h\u00fasi\u00f0 allt undirlagt til a\u00f0 taka \u00e1 m\u00f3ti vinum og a\u00f0d\u00e1endum R\u00f6gnvaldar, sem reyndust vera legio. Helga og Brynd\u00eds g\u00f6ldru\u00f0u fram st\u00f3rkostleg veisluf\u00f6ng, kjallaranum var breytt me\u00f0 netadr\u00e6sum og glimmerlj\u00f3sum \u00ed kr\u00e1 \u00e1 la Manhattan e\u00f0a V\u00ednarborg, og langbor\u00f0um ra\u00f0a\u00f0 upp \u00fati \u00ed gar\u00f0i, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fasi\u00f0 r\u00fama\u00f0i hvergi n\u00e6rri allan \u00feennan mannfj\u00f6lda, \u00fe\u00f3tt \u00e1 \u00feremur h\u00e6\u00f0um v\u00e6ri. Sj\u00e1lfur var \u00e9g dubba\u00f0ur upp \u00ed gervi dyravar\u00f0ar og t\u00f3k \u00e1 m\u00f3ti gestum konsertmeistarans. \u00dearna t\u00f3k \u00e9g \u00ed h\u00f6ndina \u00e1 gervallri t\u00f3nlistarel\u00edtu \u00cdslands. M.a.s.P\u00e1ll \u00cds\u00f3lfsson og J\u00f3n Leifs l\u00e9tu sig hafa \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 staldra vi\u00f0 undir sama \u00feaki og l\u00fdriskasti ten\u00f3r Nor\u00f0ursins, sj\u00e1lfur \u00cdslandi, var\u00f0 vinur minn fyrir l\u00edfst\u00ed\u00f0. \u00c9g held \u00e9g hafi ekki enn \u00ed dag komi\u00f0 \u00ed g\u00e1skafyllri gle\u00f0skap.<\/p>\n
R\u00f6gnvaldur Sigurj\u00f3nsson var h\u00e1mennta\u00f0ur t\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur, sem helga\u00f0i l\u00edf sitt allt k\u00f6llun sinni og k\u00fanst. Par\u00eds, V\u00edn og New York voru hans borgir. \u00dea\u00f0 \u00feurfti heila heimsyrj\u00f6ld til a\u00f0 binda sn\u00f6ggan endi \u00e1 vist hans hj\u00e1 Ciampi \u00ed Par\u00eds me\u00f0 innr\u00e1sinni \u00ed Frakkland. \u00de\u00e1 f\u00e6r\u00f0i R\u00f6gnvaldur sig um set og settist a\u00f0 \u00e1 Manhattan \u00e1 str\u00ed\u00f0s\u00e1runum, \u00fear sem hann lauk pr\u00f3fum \u00ed p\u00edan\u00f3leik hj\u00e1 hinum fr\u00e6ga Sacha Gorodnitzki, \u00fatlaga R\u00fassa, og \u00ed hlj\u00f3msveitar\u00fatsetningum hj\u00e1 Vittorio Giannini vi\u00f0 Juilliard t\u00f3nlistarh\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed New York. \u00dea\u00f0 er til marks um me\u00f0f\u00e6dda h\u00e6fileika R\u00f6gnvaldar og einbeitta \u00e1stundun, a\u00f0 honum var kornungum og n\u00fd\u00fatskrifu\u00f0um bo\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 flytja einleikst\u00f3nleika \u00ed Washington \u00ed t\u00f3nleikasal, \u00fear sem engum leyf\u00f0ist a\u00f0 st\u00edga f\u00e6ti inn fyrir dyr nema h\u00f6fu\u00f0snillingum. Og n\u00fa st\u00f3\u00f0 hann frammi fyrir hinu s\u00edgilda vali \u00edslenskra afreksmanna fyrr og s\u00ed\u00f0ar: \u00c1tti hann a\u00f0 leggja \u00e1 brattann, f\u00f6\u00f0urlandslaus \u00ed al\u00fe\u00f3\u00f0legum karr\u00eder e\u00f0a sn\u00faa heim? R\u00f6gnvaldur valdi \u00cdsland, e\u00f0a valdi \u00cdsland hann? \u00dea\u00f0 var happ \u00cdslands, en heimurinn veit minnst um \u00fea\u00f0, hvers hann f\u00f3r \u00e1 mis. En R\u00f6gnvaldur l\u00e9t aldrei deigan s\u00edga. Hann lag\u00f0ist \u00ed v\u00edking \u00fat \u00ed hinn st\u00f3ra heim fr\u00e1 \u00cdslandi og f\u00f3r \u00ed \u00f3teljandi t\u00f3nleikafer\u00f0ir til Austurr\u00edkis og \u00de\u00fdskalands, Bandar\u00edkjanna og Kanada og \u00ed austurveg til Austur Evr\u00f3pu og R\u00fasslands. Hann ger\u00f0i strangar kr\u00f6fur til sj\u00e1lfs s\u00edn og bar sig saman vi\u00f0 hina bestu. \u00deeir sem til \u00feekkja vita, a\u00f0 hann f\u00e9kk fr\u00e1b\u00e6ra d\u00f3ma, enda bj\u00f3 hann yfir mikilli t\u00e6kni og yfir eigin st\u00edl og t\u00falkun, sem endurspegla\u00f0i karakter hans.<\/p>\n
Fyrir utan einleikst\u00f3nleika heima og erlendis kom hann fram v\u00ed\u00f0a me\u00f0 \u00farvals- hlj\u00f3msveitum og l\u00e9k inn \u00e1 margar hlj\u00f3mpl\u00f6tur, sem halda munu nafni hans \u00e1 loft. \u00c6vistarf hans var hins vegar kennsla vi\u00f0 T\u00f3nlistarsk\u00f3lann \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk \u00ed n\u00e6stum h\u00e1lfa \u00f6ld. \u00deeir eru \u00f3f\u00e1ir landar vorir af yngri kynsl\u00f3\u00f0, sem geti\u00f0 hafa s\u00e9r or\u00f0 sem fram\u00farskarandi t\u00f3nlistarmenn, sem fengu \u00fea\u00f0 uppeldi sem dug\u00f0i hj\u00e1 R\u00f6gnvaldi Sigurj\u00f3nssyni. \u00deeirra \u00e1 me\u00f0al er vinur minn Atli Heimir Sveinsson, sem veri\u00f0 hefur \u00e1 sinni t\u00ed\u00f0 eitt fremsta t\u00f3nsk\u00e1ld Nor\u00f0urlanda og v\u00ed\u00f0a hefur bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00edslenskrar t\u00f3nlistar.<\/p>\n
En R\u00f6gnvaldur var ekki einasta fr\u00e1b\u00e6r t\u00f3nlistarma\u00f0ur. Hann kunni a\u00f0 fjalla um t\u00f3nlist af inns\u00e6i og \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0u hins innv\u00edg\u00f0a, en \u00e1 m\u00e1li, sem allir g\u00e1tu skili\u00f0 og numi\u00f0. \u00c1 \u00e1runum 1985-1988 fengu \u00fatvarpshlustendur beint \u00ed \u00e6\u00f0 a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta fr\u00e1sagnarlistar R\u00f6gnvalds \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1ttum, sem hann kalla\u00f0i \u201cT\u00falkun \u00ed t\u00f3nlist\u201d. \u00dear l\u00e9t hann fr\u00e6gustu snillinga konsertsalanna spila perlur t\u00f3nb\u00f3kmenntanna og tala\u00f0i sj\u00e1lfur af \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0u, innlifum og or\u00f0heppni um bl\u00e6brig\u00f0i \u00ed t\u00f3n- og st\u00edlbr\u00f6g\u00f0um og kva\u00f0 upp d\u00f3ma um t\u00e6kni og t\u00falkun og kom \u00fev\u00ed \u00feannig eftirminnilega til skila, hvernig k\u00falt\u00far, kunn\u00e1tta og karakter flytjandans gefur meistaraverkum l\u00edf og lit \u00ed \u00f3endanlegri fj\u00f6lbreytni. \u00deetta voru st\u00f3rkostlegir \u00fe\u00e6ttir. \u00c9g minnist \u00feess enn, \u00farvinda og a\u00f0\u00ferengdur p\u00f3lit\u00edkus sem \u00e9g var \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga, a\u00f0 \u00e9g gat ekki fyrirgefi\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfum m\u00e9r, ef \u00e9g var ekki kominn heim af einhverjum fundinum \u00ed t\u00e6ka t\u00ed\u00f0 til a\u00f0 skemmta m\u00e9r me\u00f0 R\u00f6gnvaldi \u00e1 \u00feessum fimmtudagskv\u00f6ldum. Allt var \u00feetta flutt bla\u00f0laust og spontant, eins og snillingum einum er eiginlegt. \u00d3vi\u00f0jafnanleg fr\u00e1sagnarlist R\u00f6gnvaldar kom l\u00edka vel til skila \u00ed endurminningab\u00f3kum hans, sem Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Egilson, fr\u00e6nka Helgu, skrifa\u00f0i eftir honum og h\u00e9tu \u201cSpila\u00f0 og spauga\u00f0\u201d (1978) og \u201cMe\u00f0 l\u00edfi\u00f0 \u00ed l\u00fakunum\u201d (1979). Gu\u00f0r\u00fan \u00e1 \u00feakkir skildar fyrir a\u00f0 hafa var\u00f0veitt fr\u00e1sagnargle\u00f0i \u00feessarar listelsku hamhleypu, sem R\u00f6gnvaldur var.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00f3tt samb\u00fa\u00f0 okkar Brynd\u00edsar og R\u00f6gnvaldar og Helgu \u00e1 Vesturg\u00f6tunni st\u00e6\u00f0i skemur en h\u00e1lfan \u00e1ratug og oft hafi veri\u00f0 v\u00edk milli vina s\u00ed\u00f0an, slitnu\u00f0u aldrei \u00feau vin\u00e1ttub\u00f6nd, sem vi\u00f0 bundumst \u00e1 \u00feessum \u00e1rum. R\u00f6gnvaldur og Helga voru miklir vinir vina sinna. Vin\u00e1tta \u00feeirra var gj\u00f6ful og vi\u00f0 munum nj\u00f3ta hennar enn um stund, \u00fe\u00f3tt b\u00e6\u00f0i s\u00e9u \u00feau n\u00fa horfin okkur sj\u00f3num. Minnig \u00feeirra mun lifa \u00ed hj\u00f6rtum \u00feeirra, sem nutu.<\/p>\n
Helsinki, 3.mars, 2004<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00dea\u00f0 var vori\u00f0 1965, og \u00e9g var \u00e1 gangi um Vesturg\u00f6tuna \u00ed einhverjum gleymdum erindager\u00f0um. \u00c9g gekk framhj\u00e1 fornf\u00e1legu, tv\u00edlyftu timburh\u00fasi, sem st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fati vi\u00f0 gangst\u00e9ttina. \u00deegar \u00e9g var kominn framhj\u00e1, sneri \u00e9g vi\u00f0 og gekk til baka. T\u00f3k \u00e9g r\u00e9tt eftir \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 voru engin gluggatj\u00f6ld \u00e1 ne\u00f0ri h\u00e6\u00f0inni? H\u00fasi\u00f0 skyldi \u00fe\u00f3 ekki vera til s\u00f6lu? \u00c9g var n\u00fdkominn heim fr\u00e1 n\u00e1mi og haf\u00f0i str\u00f6ng fyrirm\u00e6li um a\u00f0 hafa augun opin fyrir h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed gamla vesturb\u00e6num. \u00c9g kn\u00fa\u00f0i dyra h\u00e1lfhikandi. Og miki\u00f0 r\u00e9tt. H\u00fasr\u00e1\u00f0andi, fr\u00fa Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Siemsen, ekkja P\u00e1ls Einarssonar, fyrsta borgarstj\u00f3ra Reykjav\u00edkur, sag\u00f0ist vera a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a eftir kaupanda. Og h\u00e9r var hann kominn. Daginn eftir var gengi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 kaupunum. \u00deetta var \u00e1st vi\u00f0 fyrstu s\u00fdn. \u00c9g fann, a\u00f0 h\u00fasi\u00f0 haf\u00f0i s\u00e1l, og \u00fea\u00f0 t\u00f3k hl\u00fdlega \u00e1 m\u00f3ti m\u00e9r. Hitt vissi \u00e9g ekki fyrr en Brynd\u00eds var flutt inn me\u00f0 allt sitt hafurtask og b\u00fain a\u00f0 gl\u00e6\u00f0a \u00feetta gamla h\u00fas n\u00fdju l\u00edfi, a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed fylgdi kaupb\u00e6tir \u00e1 efri h\u00e6\u00f0inni. \u00dear bjuggu R\u00f6gnvaldur og Helga \u00e1samt sonum s\u00ednum \u00de\u00f3r og Geir. Upp fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed var t\u00f3nlist R\u00f6gnvaldar undirt\u00f3ninn \u00ed l\u00edfi okkar allra n\u00e6stu \u00e1rin. Reyndar var\u00f0 \u00feetta s\u00f6gufr\u00e6ga h\u00fas umgj\u00f6r\u00f0in um l\u00edf okkar Brynd\u00edsar og barnanna \u00ed aldarfj\u00f3r\u00f0ung. A\u00f0 v\u00edsu var\u00f0 t\u00e6plega t\u00edu \u00e1ra hl\u00e9 me\u00f0an vi\u00f0 Brynd\u00eds skruppum vestur til a\u00f0 stofna menntask\u00f3lann. \u00deegar vi\u00f0 snerum aftur, voru R\u00f6gnvaldur og Helga \u00e1 braut. En sambandi\u00f0 rofna\u00f0i aldrei, heldur var\u00f0 a\u00f0 vin\u00e1ttusambandi fyrir l\u00edfst\u00ed\u00f0. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2968,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}