14/11/2019
Hallgrímskirkja

Polyphonic music from the Renaissance to the Romantic era

Saturday 16th @ 2 pm Hallgrímskirkja The Choir and Camerata of the Iceland University of the Arts, and other instrumental and vocal students from the IUA […]
04/11/2019
Schola Cantorum In Paradisum

In Paradisum

In Paradisum is the title of this year‘s annual All Saints concert by Schola Cantorum Chamber Choir in Hallgrím‘s Church. The title comes from one of […]
03/10/2019
Barokkhópurinn BaroqueAros

BAROQUE-CONCERT IN HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA

SATURDAY 19th of October at 5 pm THE OUTSTANDING BAROQUE GROUP BAROQUE-AROS FROM ARHUS, DENMARK SPECIAL GUEST: SIGRÍÐUR ÓSK KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR MEZZO-SOPRANO SOLOIST: ERIC BESELIN, Oboe ITALIAN BAROQUE MUSIC by Monteverdi, Mainerio, Marce […]
06/09/2019
Pál Haukur

PÁLL HAUKUR- AN UNSPEAKABLE – Opening of a new arts exhibition Sunday September 8 at 12.15

The exhibition AN UNSPEAKABLE of the young celebrated Icelandic artist PÁLL HAUKUR will take place in the church foyer of Hallgrimskirkja Sunday September 8- November 24.  The opening […]
26/08/2019
Schola cantorum

LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28 AT 12 NOON

The Chamber Choir of Hallgrímskirkja, Schola cantorum will give a Lunchtime Concert at 12 noon on Wednesday August 28. The repertoire varies from Icelandic folk songs […]
19/08/2019
Hallgrímskirkja

Mattias Wager, organist at the Cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja  Thursday 22. August at 12:00 – 12:30  Mattias Wager, organist at the Cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden Performing Pieces by Flytur verk […]
19/08/2019
Schola cantorum

LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 AT 12 NOON

The Chamber Choir of Hallgrímskirkja, Schola cantorum will give a Lunchtime Concert at 12 noon on Wednesday August 21 at Hallgrímskirkja. The repertoire varies from Icelandic […]
12/08/2019

Johannes Geffert, concert organist from Bonn, Germany

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja  Saturday 17. August at 12:00 – 12:30 Johannes Geffert, concert organist from Bonn, Germany Performing pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg […]
12/08/2019
Kitty Kovács

Kitty Kovacs organist in Landakirkja church, Vestmanneyjar performs pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Astor Piazzolla and Pierre Cochereau

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Thursday 15. August at 12:00 – 12:30  Kitty Kovacs organist in Landakirkja church, Vestmanneyjar performs pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Astor […]
12/08/2019
Schola cantorum

LUNCHTIME CONCERT WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14 AT 12 NOON

The Chamber Choir of Hallgrímskirkja, Schola cantorum will give a Lunchtime Concert at 12 noon on Wednesday August 14 at Hallgrímskirkja. The repertoire varies from Icelandic […]
06/08/2019
Susannah Carlsson

Susannah Carlsson, concert organist at the Cathedral of Lund, Sweden

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja Saturday 10. August at 12:00 – 12:30 Susannah Carlsson, concert organist at the Cathedral of Lund, Sweden Performs pieces by Johann […]
06/08/2019
Guðný Einarsdóttir

Guðný Einarsdóttir organisti Háteigskirkja church performs pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Bára Grímsdóttir and Jón Nordal

International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja  Thursday 8. August at 12:00 – 12:30  Guðný Einarsdóttir organisti Háteigskirkja church performs pieces by Felix Mendelssohn, Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Bára […]
28/04/2016

Ninety years of Nordal – The Academy of the Arts and the Friends of the Arts Society celebrate composer Jón Nordal’s ninetieth birthday

Composer Jón Nordal has written some of Iceland´s best loved songs, one of them a beautiful lullaby to the lyrics of the Iclelandic Nobel Prize winning […]
19/02/2016

Four nominations for the Icelandic Music Awards

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 […]
27/01/2016

The Unhuman Organ – Contemporary works premiered in Hallgrimskirkja this weekend

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 […]
17/12/2015

German Christmas Jazz tonight and the third Schola Cantorum Advent concert tomorrow

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 […]