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Concerts & Tickets

January 2025

Dark Music Days 24 Jan 18:00 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir Balaena
    Marcos Balter Orun
    Páll Ragnar Pálsson PLAY - a concerto for Martin Kuuskmann

  • Conductor

    Daníel Bjarnason

  • Soloist

    Martin Kuuskmann

Ari Þór and Osmo Vänskä 30 Jan 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Edward Elgar In the South (Alassio)
    Þórður Magnússon Violin Concerto
    Jennifer Higdon Concerto for Orchestra

  • Conductor

    Osmo Vänskä

  • Soloist

    Ari Þór Vilhjálmsson

February 2025

Eva Conducts Mahler 6 Feb 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir ax
    Gustav Mahler Symphony no 9

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

Pyjama Party 15 Feb 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Allegro) : Veigar Margeirsson

  • Conductor

    Micah Gleason

  • Soloists

    Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir
    Sigurður Flosason

  • Host

    Barbara the Clown

The Romantic Symphony 20 Feb 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serrail, overture
    Lotta Wennäkoski Sigla, harp concerto
    Anton Bruckner Symphony no 4, „The Romantic Symphony“

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Katie Buckley

March 2025

Víkingur plays Brahms 6 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir Gladdenboot (World Premiere) Jón Leifs
    Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto no 2
    Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Ólafsson

  • Choirs

    Kór Hallgrimskirkju
    Kór Langholtskirkju

Víkingur plays Brahms 7 Mar 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir Gladdenboot (World Premiere) Jón Leifs
    Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto no 2
    Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Víkingur Ólafsson

  • Choirs

    Kór Hallgrimskirkju
    Kór Langholtskirkju

From the South 13 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Louise Farrenc Overture no 2
    Edouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
    Manuel de Falla El Sombrero de Tres Picos, suites no 1 and 2

  • Conductor

    Juanjo Mena

  • Soloist

    Páll Palomares

Arvo Pärt Symphonies 20 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Arvo Pärt Symphonies no 1, 2, 3 and 4

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

Herdís Anna and the Cello Section 21 Mar 18:00 Friday Norðurljós | Harpa

  • Ensamble

    ISO Cello Section

  • Soloist

    Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir

Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky 27 Mar 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Anna Clyne This Midnight Hour
    Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto no 3
    Pjotr Tchaikovsky Symphony no 6, „Pathétique“

  • Conductor

    David Danzmayr

  • Soloist

    Claire Huangci

April 2025

Opera Gala with Olafur Kjartan 3 Apr 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Opera arias and overtures

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson
    Gunnar Björn Jónsson
    Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir
    Kristín Sveinsdóttir

  • Choir

    Langholtskirkja Choir

  • Choir conductor

    Magnús Ragnarsson

Opera Gala with Olafur Kjartan 4 Apr 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Opera arias and overtures

  • Conductor

    Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

  • Soloists

    Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson
    Gunnar Björn Jónsson
    Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir
    Kristín Sveinsdóttir

  • Choir

    Langholtskirkja Choir

  • Choir conductor

    Magnús Ragnarsson

Symphonie Fantastique 10 Apr 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Arnold Schoenberg Notturno for Strings and Harp
    Alban Berg Violin Concerto
    Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

  • Conductor

    Bertrand de Billy

  • Soloist

    Rainer Honeck

Young Soloists 25 Apr 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Henri Tomasi Concerto for trombone
    Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
    Prokofiev Violin concerto no 2 in G-minor, Op. 63

  • Conductor

    Mirian Khukhunaishvili

  • Soloists

    Bjargey Birgisdóttir
    Katrín Birna Sigurðardóttir
    Steinn Völundur Halldórsson

Iceland Tour 30 Apr 19:00 Wednesday Höfn í Hornafirði

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Jóhann Kristinsson

May 2025

Iceland Tour 1 May 17:00 Thursday Vík í Mýrdal

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Jóhann Kristinsson

Iceland Tour 2 May 19:00 Friday Selfoss

  • Conductor

    Eva Ollikainen

  • Soloist

    Jóhann Kristinsson

The Carnival of the Animals 10 May 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    W.A. Mozart Musical Joke, 4th movement
    W.A. Mozart The Bird Catcher‘s Song from The Magic Flute
    Camille Saint-Saens The Carnival of the Animals

  • Conductor

    Kristian Sallinen

  • Soloist

    Jóhann Kristinsson

  • Illustrations

    Rán Flygenring

  • Poems

    Þórarinn Eldjárn

Brahms and Tchaikovsky 15 May 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Doreen Carwithen ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)
    Pjotr Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
    Johannes Brahms Symphony no 4

  • Conductor

    Andrew Manze

  • Soloist

    Dmytro Udovychenko

KK and the ISO 22 May 20:00 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Kristján Kristjánsson and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Britten, Saariaho and Sibelius 30 May 19:30 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
    Benjamin Britten Violin Concerto
    Kaija Saariaho Lumière et Pesanteur
    Jean Sibelius Symphony no 3

  • Conductor

    Tabita Berglund

  • Soloist

    Ava Bahari

June 2025

A Musical Feast with Barbara Hannigan 5 Jun 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Aaron Copland Music for the Theatre
    Joseph Haydn Symphony no 90
    Jacques Offenbach Movements from La Gaité Parisienne
    Kurt Weill Youkali
    Kurt Weill Lost in the Stars

  • Conductor and soloist

    Barbara Hannigan