Gyða Valtýsdóttir (born 5 January 1982) is an Icelandic musician and multi-instrumentalist and winner of the 2019 Nordic Council Music Prize.
Her long list of collaborators includes Josephine Foster, Dustin O'Halloran, Jónsi (from Sigur Rós), Damien Rice, Kronos Quartet, Kjartan Sveinsson, Skúli Sverrisson, Ólöf Arnalds, Colin Stetson, Úlfur Hansson, Ben Frost, Shahzad Ismaily, Julian Sartorius [de], Winged Victory for the Sullen, Aaron Dessner & Bryce Dessner (from The National), visual-artist Ragnar Kjartansson[8][9] and film director Guy Maddin to name but few.
Gyða's first album comprising her original compositions, Evolution, was released in fall 2018 on figureight records, co-produced by Alex Somers.
In 2020 she will release her next album Epicycle II with newly commissioned pieces written for Gyða by Icelandic musicians Skúli Sverrisson, Ólöf Arnalds, María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Kjartan Sveinsson, Úlfur Hansson, Jónsi, Daníel Bjarnason and Anna Thorvaldsdottir.
[16] Along with her twin sister, Gyða appeared on the cover of the Belle and Sebastian album Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant.