With The Merchants' Weekend fast approaching now is the perfect time to stop by the peaceful living room of Laxness Museum on your drive through Þingvallarvegur.   On Sunday, August 3rd at 4 pm, Snorri Sigfús Birgisson will play the author’s grand piano, as part of our summer concert series.   Snorri will perform folk arrangements and original music, including the debut work Netlufiðrildið. The last piece in his program will be Í stundarheimi, which Snorri wrote in memory of pianist Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, who was the museum’s musical advisor and laid the groundwork for the living room concert series Snorri Sigfús Birgisson is a composer, pianist and conductor. He studied piano with Barry Snyder at the Eastman School of Music and composition in Oslo and Amsterdam with Finn Mortensen, Lasse Thoresen and Ton de Leeuw. During his career, he has composed solo works, chamber music, electronic music, choral music and symphonic works. Snorri has been a long-time member of the contemporary music group CAPUT, has been active in Reykjavík's musical scene since 1980 and has taught music for over 40 years.   Admission is 3,900 ISK, and tickets are sold at the museum's reception on the day of the concert, August 3rd.  We welcome you to a poetic concert this Merchants' Weekend in the Laxness Museum’s charming living room.