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Artist Talk - Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir, composer (IS)
Cantoque Ensemble’s concert at Dark Music Days 2026 is dedicated to the choral works by Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir. Prior to the performance, the composer gives insight into her career and the creation of the works featured in the concert. The talk will be conducted in Icelandic. Free admission. NÁNARI UPPLÝSINGAR / MORE INFO: https://www.darkmusicdays.is/eventsc.../2026/tonskaldaspjall …
Matthías Harðarson – Matinée
Matinée with Matthías Harðarson, organist at The Cathedral of Reykjavík at Hallgrímskirkja Saturday April 4th at 12hrs Matthías Harðarson began his musical studies at the age of 10 and studied at the music school in Vestmannaeyjar. His teachers there were Gíslína Sól Jónatansdóttir, Guðmundur H. Guðjónsson and Kittý Kovács. He also played the saxophone with Stefán Sigurjónsson. In 2016 Matthías…
Guided tour in Sign Language on Museum Night - Sleeping Giants
Welcome to a guided tour in Icelandic sign language of the exhibition Sleeping Giants at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir, sign language guide will be leading the tour. The tour takes place on Museum Night, Friday 6 February at 20:00. Free admission and everyone who speaks Icelandic sign language is welcome! Sleeping Giants by Kristján Maack is about the…
Exhibition | New Light, New Life
Exhibition of works by Ármann Kummer Magnússon at the Árbær City Library. Ármann was born in Reykjavík in 1981 but lived in Hvolsvöllur for the first five years. He began painting in 2006 and is mostly self-taught. Ármann primarily works with oil and acrylic on canvas, as well as creating sculptures. He has also made jewelry. Ármann has held solo exhibitions and participated in group shows. …
Poetry café | Three women poets
A rising sun brings three poets to Kringlan City Library to read from and talk about their newly published books of poetry. Author and poet Brynja Hjálmsdóttir leads discussion by Anna Rós Árnadóttir, Birgitta Björg Guðmundsdóttir and Þórdís Dröfn Andrésdóttir. Those three young poets are all making a name for themselves despite only publishing their first book of poetry.
Viking Glass Bead Making on Museum Night
Welcome to the Settlement Exhibition Aðalstræti on Museum Night, Friday 6 February. At 18:00-20:00 we invite visitors to watch a glass blower will shape beads over an open fire and participate in a bead workshop. Free entry and everyone is welcome! Glassblower Fanndís Huld Valdimarsdóttir specializes in recreating glass beads from the Viking era. On Museum Night she will show how glass is…
Concert and Lecture | Traditional music and throat singing from Mongolia
Khairkhan will play traditional Mongolian instruments and teach the basics of throat singing! Khairkhan is an Inner Mongolian musician from the Khorqin Tribe in the east side of Inner Mongolia and lives in Reykjavík, Iceland. He grew up in the famous Khorchin grasslands with rich folk music and stories. He will play for us, as well as show us and talk about traditional Mongolian instruments. He…
Low Key Ensemble: Bass, More Bass!
Low Key Ensemble invites audiences on a journey into the domain of the basso continuo. We shall explore the deep and dark sound world of bass instruments, the modest and unassuming group of instruments that forms the foundation of Baroque music, while presenting rarely heard works, often in arrangements by the ensemble itself, for viola, cello, bass, lute, and harpsichord. The program features…
Matinée with Eyþór Franzson Wechner at Hallgrímskirkja
Matinée with Eyþór Franzson Wechner, organist from Blönduós, Iceland at Hallgrimskirkja Saturday March 7th at 12 hrs. at Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík. Tickets available at Hallgrímskirkja & tix.is Admission: 3.200 kr. Eyþór Franzson Wechner was born in Akranes. At the age of 14, he began organ studies, first under the guidance of Úlrik Ólason and later with Björn Steinar Sólbergsson at the…
Museumnight at Garðabær Public Library
Exhibition and music with young local artists.