EVENTS
May
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Reykjavík Queer Choir Spring Concert
Reykjavík Queer Choir’s annual spring concert will be held at 6:30 pm on Friday, May 24, at Harpa concert hall.
The choir is known for a wide variety of music and will perform pieces from different categories, from old Icelandic choir songs to new pop songs in Icelandic and English.
The choir was founded in the July 2011 and has since performed at multiple events including the opening ceremony of Reykjavík Gay Pride.
The spring concert is a fundraising event for the choir’s trip to Dublin in the summer of 2014 where the choir is scheduled to take part in Various Voice, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered choral event.
The conductor is Helga Margrét Marzellíusardóttir.
For more information visit harpa.is.
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús
Exhibitions
Erró – Graphic Art, 1949 – 2009
For the first time the general public are able to view Erró’s graphic art spanning half a century. The exhibition is the result of three years’ work researching and registrating the
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17/02/2013 | 15:30
Icelandic Artists Miss Out on Nordic Music Prize
The Nordic Music Prize’s jury announced at a ceremony during the by:Larm festival in Oslo on Thursday that this year’s Nordic Music Prize goes to Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit for the album The Lion’s Roar.
Retro Stefson by Retro Stefson.
“First Aid Kit secured the victory in close competition with 11 other nominees,” a press release states.
Among them were Icelandic troubadour Ásgeir Trausti, who was nominated for his debut Dýrð í dauðaþögn, and pop band Retro Stefson for their eponymous album.
Both artists also received six nominations each for the Icelandic Music Awards. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in concert and conference center Harpa in Reykjavík on February 20.
In 2011, Icelandic musician Jónsi of Sigur Rós won the first ever Nordic Music Prize for his solo album Go.
In other news of Ásgeir Trausti, he is set to perform at the 2013 Roskilde Festival in Denmark next summer, along with Sigur Rós and various foreign musicians, including Rihanna.
Click here to read more about the Icelandic Music Awards nominees.
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