The Hallgrimskirkja Christmas Music Festival 2018
ORGAN CONCERTO ON ADVENT
Sunday December 16th at 5pm
Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir organist in Hjallakirkja church.
Atmospheric organ music by Bach, Corelli, Brahms and more.
Ticket price: 3000 ISK., discount for students, disabled and members of the Friends’ of the Arts Society of Hallgrímskirkja. Ticket sale at the entrance 1 hour before the concert and online on midi.is.
Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir began her piano studies at a very young age, and at the age of 14, she began playing in services at Langholtskirkja, a parish church in Reykjavík. In 2002 she completed her soloist diploma from the National Church School of Music under the guidance of Hörður Áskelsson. Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir has recently moved back to Iceland after living in Denmark for 10 years where she pursued further studies (Cand. Mus.) at the Aarhus Royal Academy of Music with Prof Ulrik Spang-Hanssen as principal organ teacher. The past 5 years she held the position of organist at Sønderbro Church in Horsens and has also been the principal harpsichordist of the professional baroque ensemble BaroqueAros in Aarhus. Since September 2018 Lára is organist at Hjallakirkja in Kópavogur Iceland.