{"id":4444,"date":"2016-06-06T21:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T21:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/event\/arctic-concerts-a-fimmtudogum-i-sumar-6-2\/"},"modified":"2016-08-04T11:42:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T11:42:17","slug":"arctic-concerts-a-fimmtudogum-i-sumar-6","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/arctic-concerts-a-fimmtudogum-i-sumar-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Concerts &#8211; Svafa \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\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;\">\u00a0<strong>Arctic Concerts<\/strong> 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, jazz, folk and popular music performed by superb local musicians and Nordic guests, mainly with music from Iceland and it\u2019s neighboring countries.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Svafa \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> soprano is born in Iceland but now lives in Copenhagen Denmark where she works as a singer, coir conductor and music pedagogue.\u00a0 She has a wonderful reputation for her creative approach to music and her beautiful voice. \u00a0 Her program is called Mountain Music and includes songs by J\u00f3n Leifs,\u00a0 J\u00f3runn Vi\u00f0ar and Edward Grieg, amongst others.\u00a0 The Canadian pianist Sandra Mogensen will accompany Svafa at Arctic Concerts but Sandra who also lives in Denmark, has specialised in Nordic music, not the least E. Grieg\u2019s, who\u2019s music she has released on three CD\u2019s with CHM publishing.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P-2zBehZm0Q<\/p>\n<p>Admission fee to\u00a0 Arctic Concerts is ISK\u00a0<strong>2.500<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The different programs<\/strong>\u00a0vary in stile; classical, jazz, folk and popular music performed by superb musicians<\/h3>\n<p>07.7. KK singer\/songwriter &#8211; mixed<\/p>\n<p>14.7. Arctic Broken Consort &#8211; mixed<\/p>\n<p>21.7. Sunna Gunnlaugsd\u00f3ttir- jazz<\/p>\n<p>28.7. Funi &#8211; folk<\/p>\n<p>04.8. Hallveig R\u00fanarsd\u00f3ttir &amp; J\u00f3hannes Andreasen &#8211; songs<\/p>\n<p>11.8. Svavar Kn\u00fatur &#8211;\u00a0troubadour<\/p>\n<p>18.8. S\u00f6lvi Kolbeinsson &#8211; jazz<\/p>\n<p>25.8. Svafa \u00de\u00f3rhallsd\u00f3ttir &#8211; songs<\/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<p>Painting: Georg Gu\u00f0ni, 2001<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buy Tickets\u00a0 Arctic Concerts Every Thursday nights at 20.30\u00a0\u00a0throughout the summer season \u00a0Arctic 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. 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