Dimitri Þór and Sibelius
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Program
Joseph Bologne Symphony in D Major
Jean Françaix Clarinet Concerto
Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite
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Conductor
Eva Ollikainen
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Soloist
Dimitri Þór Ashkenazy
Concerts & Tickets
November 2019
December 2019
Masters of the Baroque 5 Dec 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Jean-Philippe Rameau Overture and Chaconne from Les Indes galantes
Jean-Baptiste Lully Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Georg Philipp Telemann Alster Suite
Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestral Suite no. 4
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Conductor
Maxim Emelyanychev
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 14 Dec 14:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 14 Dec 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 15 Dec 14:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
Christmas at the Iceland Symphony 15 Dec 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Leroy Anderson A Christmas Festival
Katherine K. Davis The Little Drummer Boy
Jórunn Viðar Það á að gefa börnum brauð
Émile Waldteufel The Skaters’ Waltz
Other christmas classics
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir Hafstað
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson
Kolbrún Völkudóttir
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choirs
Reykjavík Girls’ Choir
Litlu Sprotarnir Sign Language Choir
Reykjanes Music School Bell Choir
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Dancers from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Hörpuhópur Árnes Music School Recorder Ensemble
Young percussionists
January 2020
Viennese Favourites 9 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta selections and waltzes by Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Tchaikovsky, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, and others.
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Garðar Thor Cortes
Viennese Favourites 10 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta selections and waltzes by Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Tchaikovsky, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, and others.
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Garðar Thor Cortes
Viennese Favourites 11 Jan 16:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta selections and waltzes by Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Tchaikovsky, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, and others.
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Garðar Thor Cortes
Viennese Favourites 11 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Operetta selections and waltzes by Johann Strauss the Younger, Franz Lehár, Tchaikovsky, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, and others.
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloists
Jóna G. Kolbrúnardóttir
Garðar Thor Cortes
Young Soloists 16 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Jacques Ibert Flute Concerto
Max Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1
Arne Nordheim Spur, Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra
Alexander Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major
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Conductor
Anna-Maria Helsing
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Soloists
Kristín Ýr Jónsdóttir
Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir
Flemming Viðar Valmundsson
Gunnar Kristinn Óskarsson
Friday Series 17 Jan 18:00 Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Sergei Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque no. 1
Sofia Gubaidulina Piano Quintet
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Piano trio
Nicola Lolli violin
Sigurgeir Agnarsson cello
Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir piano
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Piano Quintet
Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir violin
Páll Palomares violin
Gregory Aronovich viola
Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir cello
Anna Guðný Guðmundsdóttir piano
Inkinen conducts Bartók 23 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Anna Clyne Masquerade
William Walton Viola Concerto
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
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Conductor
Pietari Inkinen
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Soloist
Nils Mönkemeyer
Iceland Symphony at Dark Music Days 30 Jan 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Atli Heimir Sveinsson Hjakk
Bára Gísladóttir ÓS
Missy Mazzoli Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Hugi Guðmundsson Accordion Concerto, premiere
Snorri Sigfús Birgisson Concerto for Orchestra, premiere
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Conductor
Daníel Bjarnason
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Soloist
Andreas Borregaard
Yrkja V: Young Composers 31 Jan 12:00 Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Eygló Höskuldsdóttir Viborg New work
Sigurður Árni Jónsson New work
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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instructor
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
February 2020
Mahler and Debussy 21 Feb 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Lili Boulanger D’un matin de printemps
Gustav Mahler Selections from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Benjamin Britten Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Claude Debussy La mer
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Conductor
Hannu Lintu
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Soloist
Michelle DeYoung
March 2020
Mahler and Sibelius 5 Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Páll Ísólfsson Úr myndabók Jónasar Hallgrímssonar
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto
Gustav Mahler Symphony no. 1
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Conductor
Eva Ollikainen
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Soloist
Augustin Hadelich
A Russian Celebration 12 Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 3
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird, suite
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Soloist
Olga Kern
Dimmalimm and Swan Lake 14 Mar 14:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Atli Heimir Sveinsson Dimmalimm
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Selections from Swan Lake
Atli Heimir Sveinsson Kvæðið um fuglana
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
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Host
Barbara the Clown
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Choir
Langholtskirkja Graduale Choir
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Students from the Iceland Ballet Academy
Mozart and Kurt Weill 19 Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Kurt Weill Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra
WA. Mozart Serenade no. 10, “Gran partita”
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Conductor
Osmo Vänskä
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Soloist
Erin Keefe
Friday Series 20 Mar 18:00 Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Arnold Schönberg Transfigured Night
Béla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
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Conductor
Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason
Rachmaninoff and Gubaidulina II 26 Mar 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Sofia Gubaidulina Offertorium violin concerto
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony no. 2
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Conductor
Antonio Méndez
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Soloist
Vadim Gluzman
April 2020
AIŌN 1 Apr 20:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Erna Ómarsdóttir AIŌN
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choreographer
Erna Ómarsdóttir in collaboration with the dancers
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Composer
Anna Thorvaldsdottir
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Conductor
Anna-Maria Helsing
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Video
Pierre-Alain Giraud and Valdimar Jóhannsson
Kasper, Jesper, And Jonathan! 25 Apr 14:00 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Selections from Thorbjørn Egner’s When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town and The Animals in Huckybucky Forest
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Conductor
Marit Strindlund
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Soloists
Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir
Pálmi Gestsson
Valur Freyr Einarsson
Örn Árnason
May 2020
Brahms and Shostakovich 7 May 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Sveinn Lúðvík Björnsson Glerhjallar, premiere
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto no. 2
Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 2
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Conductor
Rafael Payare
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Soloist
Alisa Weilerstein
Friday Series 8 May 18:00 Norðurljós | Harpa
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Program
Grażyna Bacewicz Quartet for Four Violins
Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 2
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Conductor
Rafael Payare
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Violin Quartet
Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir
Una Sveinbjarnardóttir
Páll Palomares
Vera Panitch
Hallveig sings Mozart 14 May 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
WA. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, overture
WA. Mozart Arias from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, and other operas
WA. Mozart Chaconne from Idomeneo
WA Mozart Symphony no. 40
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Conductor
Jonathan Cohen
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Soloist
Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir
Die Walküre 27 May 18:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
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Conductor
Alexander Vedernikov
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Director
Julia Burbach
Die Walküre 29 May 18:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Richard Wagner Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
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Conductor
Alexander Vedernikov
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Director
Julia Burbach
June 2020
Rachmaninoff and Gubaidulina III 5 Jun 19:30 Eldborg | Harpa
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Program
Páll Ragnar Pálsson Supremacy of Peace
Sofia Gubaidulina Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Bayan
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
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Conductor
Olari Elts
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Soloists
Baiba Skride
Harriet Krijgh
Elsbeth Moser