Melkorka Ólafsdóttir is a flautist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and takes her name from the Melkorka of the Icelandic Sagas. She traces her lineage back to that Melkorka, who is said to have been an Irish Princess taken into slave and bought by an Icelandic chieftain and brought to Iceland.

Melkorka is a poet, as well as a flautist, and she has written a poem for her name sake and she shares it with us in Icelandic and English.
In this episode producer Helen Shaw and composer Linda Buckley sit down with Melkorka and talk music, Bjork and motherhood.

You can find out more about her music here
And Melkorka's Svikaskáld (Imposter Poets) are here 

Music:
Melkorka Ólafsdóttir - Fantasia 6 - Dolce (from solo CD: Telemann Fantasias)
björk - utopia

Watch a short video cut of our chat with Melkorka (and her stunning cats!) - https://vimeo.com/372931299