09/08/2016

A new CD, the Queen of Sheba and a Bach feast this week

It is the ninth week of the International Organ Summer 2016 and ahead are exciting events: A new CD will be published, we are expecting a […]
02/08/2016

Finlandia, the Suite Gothique and the National anthem this week at the Organ summer

The festive and beautiful national anthem of Iceland was for a long time considered too difficult for the ordinary person to sing and surrounded with a […]
26/07/2016

An oboe, a cockcrow and a famous American organist

As usual, we have a most lively week ahead at the International organ summer, with an oboe, a surprise cockcrow and a world known organist from […]
19/07/2016

Organ sun, a flock of angels, choir and coffee this week at the Organ Summer

The International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja is looking ahead to a week full of angels, hymns, sunshine and coffee! Chamber choir Schola Cantorum’s weekly Wednesday (July […]
12/07/2016

Katelyn Emerson, young organ star and NYACOP 2016 winner in Hallgrímskirkja

Katelyn Emerson may be just 24 but she is one of the word’s most promising organists. Just last month she won first place in the biannual […]
12/07/2016

Organ, saxophone and a secret programme!

Originality is organist Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir’s trait. In that style, she absolutely refuses to disclose the programme of her concert in Hallgrímskirkja next Thursday July 14 […]
05/07/2016

Women’s organ works, French music and Icelandic musical heritage this week at the Organ summer

Icelandic musical heritage on Wednesday Hallgrímskirkja’s multi-prized chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, gives ana cappella concert every Wednesday at noon this summer and tomorrow, July 6, is […]
28/06/2016

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice this weekend in a flamboyant organ arrangement

Mickey Mouse and Dinsey’s wonderful film Fantasia is probably what springs to many minds at the mentioning of Paul Dukas’ piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. However, Mickey […]
21/06/2016

A new Icelandic organ work premiered this week at the International Organ Summer

Last weekend we had a most splendid start of the Organ Summer with young Thomas Ospital’s concert. His magnificent playing was both thrilling and very moving […]
11/06/2016

The International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja starts Saturday June 18

Young stars of the organ, the premiere of a brand new, Icelandic organ piece and a top secret programme are on the calendar in Hallgrímskirkja this […]
11/05/2016

Folk and fish, organ and enchanting singing on Pentecost weekend

Pentecost is lavishly celebrated in Hallgrímskirkja every year, this year with a magnificent organ concert, a beautiful a cappella concert with the church choir and the […]
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 […]