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Concerts & Tickets

September 2026

HANNIGAN PRESENTS NEW SEASON 1 Sep 18:00 Tuesday Norðurljós | Harpa

Barbara Hannigan, the new Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra talks about her artistic vision and the highlights of her inaugural season.

  • Program

    Barbara Hannigan starts her inaugural season as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and to mark the occasion Barbara will talk about her artistic vision and the highlights of the orchestra’s programme.

  • Featuring

    Barbara Hannigan
    Guðni Tómasson
    Katie Buckley and Liam Kaplan

Attacca! 3 Sep 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Charles Ives From the Steeples and the Mountains
    Hugi Guðmundsson Undark - World Premiere
    John Cage 4:33
    Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1

  • Conductor

    Barbara Hannigan

Chamayou plays Ravel 10 Sep 19:30 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Albert Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée / The Spider's Feast
    Olivier Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques / Exotic Birds
    Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations
    Maurice Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major

  • Conductor and soprano

    Barbara Hannigan

  • Soloist

    Bertrand Chamayou piano

Bertrand Chamayou 11 Sep 18:00 Friday Norðurljós | Harpa

  • Program

    Felix Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, op. 19 nos. 1 and 2
    Felix Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, op. 38 no. 5
    Charles Ives Song without (good) words
    Felix Mendelssohn Lieder ohne Worte, op. 67 no. 4
    John Lennon & Paul McCartney / Toru Takemitsu Golden Slumbers
    Robert Schumann / Franz Liszt Widmung
    George Crumb Eine kleine Mitternachtmusik
    György Kurtág Scraps of a Colinda Melody - faintly recollected
    Franz Schubert Wandererfantasie

  • Soloist

    Bertrand Chamayou piano

Happy Birthday Mozart 19 Sep 14:00 Saturday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Excerpts from works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Symphony No. 1, Concerto for Flute and Harp, The Magic Flute, Rondo alla Turca, and more

  • Conductor

    Richard Schwennicke

  • Soloists

    Bryndís Guðjónsdóttir soprano
    Unnsteinn Árnason baritone

  • Host

    Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir

ISO Youth Orchestra plays Scheherazade 20 Sep 14:00 Sunday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

  • Conductor

    Nathanaël Iselin

Ennio Morricone 24 Sep 20:00 Thursday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    A journey through Ennio Morricone's most iconic film scores — Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Mission

  • Conductor

    Thiago Tiberio

  • Soloist

    Dísella Lárusdóttir soprano

Ennio Morricone 25 Sep 20:00 Friday Eldborg | Harpa

  • Program

    A journey through Ennio Morricone's most iconic film scores — Once Upon a Time in America, The Untouchables, Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Mission

  • Conductor

    Thiago Tiberio

  • Soloist

    Dísella Lárusdóttir soprano