{"id":4261,"date":"2016-05-30T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T08:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/arctic-concerts-alla-fimmtudaga-sumar-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-06T20:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:26:28","slug":"arctic-concerts-alla-fimmtudaga-sumar","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/arctic-concerts-alla-fimmtudaga-sumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Concerts -Kolbeinn J\u00f3n Ketilsson &#038; \u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0ur Alda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"http:\/\/tix.is\/is\/nordichouse\">Buy Tickets\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Arctic Concerts<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Every Thursday nights at 20.30\u00a0\u00a0throughout the summer season<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h3>\n<p>Admission fee to\u00a0 Arctic Concerts is ISK\u00a02.500.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The musicians performing on the 9th of June are\u00a0two leading Icelandic artists, Kolbeinn J\u00f3n Ketilsson tenor and \u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0ur Alda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir pianist.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Icelandic tenor Kolbeinn J\u00f3n Ketilsson graduated from the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Since then he has performed in opera and concert productions, throughout Europe and has been involved in numerous radio, CD and TV recordings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0ur Alda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington where she studied with Reiko Neriki. She has appeared as soloist at all major festivals in Iceland, and frequently with The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. She is a member of Electra Ensemble and has published a number of recordings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program<\/strong><br \/>\nJon Ketilsson will sing some beautiful Icelandic songs as well as Norwegian songs, accompanied by the fantastic Icelandic pianist \u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0ur Alda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the concert series<br \/>\n<\/strong>Arctic Concerts is a series with outstanding Icelandic and Nordic musicians, performing diverse musically interesting programs for travelers, as well as locals, at the Nordic House. The concert series is ideal for travelers interested in music from Iceland and the North Atlantic region. The different programs vary in stile;\u00a0 classical,\u00a0 jazz, folk and popular music performed by superb local musicians and Nordic guests, mainly with music from Iceland and it\u2019s neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<h3>Dinner and a concert<\/h3>\n<p>The exceptional <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\">Aalto Bistro<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 (the Nordic House restaurant) is open for dinner before the concerts, offering a special Arctic dinner for concert guests. Aalto Bistro emphasis on Nordic\u00a0food inspired by central European cuisine.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aalto.is\/panta-boreth.html\">Book a table<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0AAlto kitchen is open till 21.30 on Thursday evenings.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transportation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Nordic House is in central Reykjav\u00edk. The walking distance from the city center is approx. 15 minutes. You can also use Str\u00e6t\u00f3 and take route 15 and get off at \u201c\u00cdslensk Erf\u00f0agreining\u201d. You can also take route 14 and get off at the University of Iceland. We recommend\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.straeto.is\/\">www.straeto.is<\/a>\u00a0to find the most suitable route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy Tickets\u00a0 Arctic Concerts Every Thursday nights at 20.30\u00a0\u00a0throughout the summer season Admission fee to\u00a0 Arctic Concerts is ISK\u00a02.500. The musicians performing on the 9th of June are\u00a0two leading Icelandic artists, Kolbeinn J\u00f3n Ketilsson tenor and \u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0ur Alda Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir pianist. The Icelandic tenor Kolbeinn J\u00f3n Ketilsson graduated from the University for Music and Performing Arts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4239,"template":"","event-categories":[5],"class_list":["post-4261","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-concert","has-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/4261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=4261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}