Event calendar
tuesday sept 3rd Hafnarborg Lunch Time Concert with pianist Antonia Hevesi and Sólrún Bragadóttir sopran. Free admission.
thursday sept. 5th
tuesday, sept. 10th Café Haiti *
The Season Opener - Iceland Symphony Orchestra Worldrenowned Russian conductor Dmitri Kitaenko takes the stage for Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s breathtaking season opener.
Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Andri Snær (Iceland), Hanan Awwad (Palestine), Judith Rodriguez (Australia), Kári Tulinius (Iceland), Kätlin Kaldmaa (Estonia), Þórarinn Eldjárn (Iceland).
friday sept. 6th Harpa Dark Side of the Moon/Pink Floyd In the year 1973 Pink Floyd realeased Dark Side of the Moon and since then the album has been one of the best selling albums of all time. Now, one of the best Pink Floyd cover groups in the world, Dúndurfréttir, will be performing the masterpiece live in Eldborg
saturday sept. 7th Reykjavik Art Museum: Kjarvalsstaðir
Reykjavik Bacon Festival Festival All over the city center you find different twists on the Bacon theme.
sunday sept. 8th REYKJAVIK ART MUSEUM: ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Alliance Française * Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Émile Martel (Quebec), Huguette de Broqueville (Belgium), Jean-Luc Moreau (France), Rose-Marie Francois (Belgium), Sylvestre Clancier (France).
Loft hostel * Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Ævar Örn Jósepsson (Iceland), Bao Viet (Vietnam), Carlos Vásquez– Zawadzki (Colombia), Hallgrí-mur Helgason (Iceland), Margie Orford (South-Africa), Ólafur Gunnarsson (Iceland), Sarah Lawson (USA).
Iða Zimsen * Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Bjarni Bjarnason (Iceland), Itxaro Borda (Basque), Ófeigur Sigurðsson (Iceland), Regula Venske (Germany), Sindri Freysson (Iceland), Teresa Cadete (Portugal).
Wednesday Sept. 11th to Sunday Sept. 15th
Saturday sept. 14th Reykjavik Art Museum: Hafnarhús Opening Icelandic video art from 1975 – 1990 Tomas Martišauskis: Creature / Zilvinas Kempinas: Fountains
Iðnó The Literary Ball Readers rock with their favorite writers to the sound of live music. Tickets : 1500kr
sunday sept. 15th Hafnarborg Phonemes Concert with Grímur Helgason, clarinet, and Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, viola.
The Culture House Chamber ensemble Nordic Affect will perform some of the beautiful music written in the aftermath of the Thirty years war. Ticket price 2.000 ISK
Thursday sept. 19th Reykjavik Art Museum: Hafnarhús Lecture in collaboration with the Icelandic Design Center
saturday sept. 21st Reykjavik Art Museum: Ásmundarsafn Opening Anna Hallin: Interplay
sunday sept. 22nd Hafnarborg Artists´ Talk Elín Hansdóttir & Theresa Himmer
Tuesday sept. 24th
Gallery talk with Gerla - Guðrún Erla Geirsdóttir about the works of sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson
The Reykjavik International Literary Festival
Reykjavik Art Museum: Hafnarhús
monday sept. 9th
Wednesday Sept. 11th
Concert Elsa alvitra and Ensemble neo. Part of the Jaðarber concert series.
Loft Hostel * Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Andrej Kadanovich (Belarus), Anton Helgi Jónsson (Iceland), Joan Frederic Brun (France), Mátyás Dunajcsik, Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir (Iceland).
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Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Doris Kareva (Estonia), Giorgio Silfer (Italy), Margrét Lóa Jónsdóttir (Iceland), Michael Guggenheimer (Swiss), Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir (Iceland).
Harpa
Guided tour for the family through the exhibition Icelandic Art 1900-1950.
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Iða Zimsen *
Reykjavík City Library – Café Lingua * Meet up with Icelandic and International writers Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson (Iceland), Dagmar Trodler (Germany), Gerður Kristný (Iceland), Job Degenaar (Netherlands), Markéta Hejkalová (Czech Republic), Þór Stefánsson (Iceland).
Harpa PEN – Free the Word. Panels held in collaboration with PEN International on various subjects.
thursday sept. 12th nordic house PEN – Free the Word. Panels held in collaboration with PEN International on various subjects.
Saturday sept. 28th Reykjavik Art Museum: Hafnarhús Guided tour Introduction to the Museum and a guided tour through the exhibitions of Žilvinas Kempinas and Tomas Martišauskis in Lithuanian
Friday sept. 13th Reykjavik Art Museum: Kjarvalsstaðir Concert Tríó Reykjavík play a selection of classical works
* Off-Venue Programme of the Reykjavík International Literary Festival and PEN International Congress in association with Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature