Kristian Blak (born 1947) is a Danish composer, musician, and record executive based in the Faroe Islands.
Kristian Blak was born in Jutland, Denmark, in 1947.
He moved to the Faroe Islands in 1974, where he has written most of his musical works.
Blak is the founder of the Nordic musical ensemble Yggdrasil (named after the world tree known as Yggdrasil). He has worked with sounds from Faroese nature in several compositions. These include concerts in caves and other natural "concert halls" in the Faroe Islands. He has composed solo instrumental works, chamber music, choral works and symphonic music, for example the ballad Harra Pætur og Elinborg.
In 2010 Queen Margrethe of Denmark visited the Faroe Islands, and one of the events she visited was a grotto concert in Klæmintsgjógv (Gorge of Klæmint) by Blak and other musicians. The cave is 50 m (160 ft) high, and the sea in the cave is around 400 m (1,300 ft) deep. There are some places inside the cave where the musicians can stand with their instruments and give a concert to the audience in boats.
Blak is the chief executive officer of Tutl, which is the leading record label in the Faroe Islands.
2002:Faroese Literature Prize, for his work with music in the Faroe Islands
2011 Heiðursgáva Landsins (Prize of Honour from the Faroese Ministry of Culture) – DKK 75 000
2001 PINIARTUT with Tellu Virkkala, Rasmus Lyberth and Ville Kangas
2005 Úr Holminum, 8 tracks, Tutl
2005 Snjóuglan, 10 Tracks, Tutl
1991 Ravnating, 8 tracks, Tutl
1984/1995/2000 CONCERTO GROTTO & DRANGAR
1988 BRØYTINGAR Koncept: Ole Wich
1983/85 THE FOUR TOWERS & HEYGAR OG DREYGAR
Spælimenninir í Hoydølum is the name of a former musical ensemble, they took name after a place name in Tórshavn called Hoydalar, the High School is located there.
1977 Nu ska' vi u å sejle við Kræklingum og øðrum.
2024 - Best Initiative Prize for arranging the music festival Summartónar of over 1600 concerts over the last 30 years.