13/04/2016
Just before Easter we had Swedish organist Mattias Wager and Icelandic actress Halldora Geirhardsdottir perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Both children and parents were enthralled […]
13/04/2016
The Friends of the Arts Society has received a beautiful video recording made on Maundy Thursday, March 24th, in Hallgrimskirkja. On that day, over 100 children […]
22/03/2016
Easter is always a grand celebration in Hallgrimskirkja and we have a busy and festive week ahead. On Holy Thursday a choir of 120 children will […]
10/03/2016
We regret to announce that Schola Cantorum´s concert on the 13th of March with songs in praise of the Virgin Mary has been postponed. A new […]
10/03/2016
The Hallgrimskirkja Friends of the Arts Society is happy to announce that on March 19th and 20th the talented organist of Storkyrkan church in Stockholm, Mattias […]
19/02/2016
It is with great joy that the Hallgrimskirkja Friends of the Arts Society announces that last summer’s performance of the oratorio Solomon at the Festival of […]
11/02/2016
The magnificent medieval poem Song of the Sun is the inspiration for the arts exhibition opening in the narthex of Hallgrimskirkja next Sunday. Artist Valgerdur Bergsdottir […]
11/02/2016
Organ improvisation is on the programme next Sunday in Hallgrimskirkja, when Inger-Lise Ulsrud, teacher of improvisation at the Norwegian Academy of Music and head organist at […]
27/01/2016
Next Sunday, January 31st at 5 pm, a group of contemporary Icelandic composers make use of the newly installed midi equipment of the churche’s great Klais-organ […]
20/01/2016
The next two weekends we have very exciting concerts in Hallgrimskirkja, concerts where innovation plays a great role. This coming weekend, Saturday January 23rd at 2 […]
20/12/2015
The Advent in Hallgrimskirkja has been wonderful this year, with thrilling Christmas concerts every week and great artists like the Hallgrimskirkja Motet Choir, Schola Cantorum chamber […]
17/12/2015
The German jazz musicians Markus Burger (piano) and Jan von Klewitz (saxophone) of “Spiritual Standards” give a Christmas concert at the Hallgrimskirkja Christmas Music Festival 2015 […]
09/07/2019
Born in 1993, the Austrian organist Johannes Zeinler started his musical career at the local music school in his native town near Vienna. He continued his […]
09/07/2019
Eyþór Franzson Wechner was born in Akranes, a fishing town just north of Reykjavík. He began his piano studies at the age of 7 but switched […]
09/07/2019
Schola cantorum, the chamber choir of Hallgrímskirkja will give a Lunchtime concert at Hallgrímskirkja, from 12:00-12:30 on Wednesday July 10 at 12 noon. The repertoire varies […]
01/07/2019
International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Saturday 6. July at 12:00 Johannes Skoog, concert organist from Sweden performs pieces by Marcel Dupré, Jehan Alain and Maurice Duruflé. […]