Harpa has won the United States Institute of Theatre Technology’s 2018 Merit Award for the Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre!

The Harpa International Music Academy is an unforgettable music experience that brings together young musicians and instructors from all over the world. The academy has a Junior and Senior Division for ages 8- 24. Deadline for application is 4 May.

An agreement has been signed between Meet in Reykjavík and Iceland universities. The object of the agreement is to increase the number of international academic meetings and conferences held by universities in Iceland.

Tickets to Skálmöld and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in August sold out in just a few minutes. Now efforts are being made to put on the third concert.

Architecht Steven Hall claims that today’s architectural monuments aren’t meant only to be admired from afar. “It’s not about creating an icon, but shaping public space.“

Ateria is the winning band at Icelandic Music Experiments 2018. The members are two sisters and their cousin. The Icelandic Music Experiments has been a major factor in Icelandic musical life for over thirty years. 

The premiere of Edda II: The Lives of the Gods is the Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s contribution to the 2018 celebration of the 100th anniversary of home rule in Iceland. The Icelandic flag will beam on Harpa's facade during the performance.

The French pianist Hélène Grimaud, long considered one of the world’s finest, will play with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at Harpa this Sunday.

Harpa will be open during Easter. A range of events will take place. View Harpa opening hours.

Reykjavik Open 2018 will start today at 3 pm at Harpa. Contestants are 250 from 35 different countries. This edition will be dedicated to the chess king Bobby Fischer.

Iceland’s largest Artisanal Food Fayre takes place this weekend at Harpa. The market is open on Saturday and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm and admission is free.

The Government of Iceland and the Icelandic Parliament have made an agreement with WPL, Women Political Lea­ders, Global For­um to host The WPL Annual Global Summit in Iceland annually for the next four years.

Sunday Classics is a recital series at Harpa presenting top-quality classical chamber music and songs. We are open for applications until March 12th for 2018-2019.

Chef of the Year 2018 will be crowned at Harpa next Saturday, February 24. The exciting competition takes place in Flói and is open for public to watch from 13:00 to 18:00.

The Phantom of the Opera in concert by Andrew Lloyd Webber will be premiered in Eldborg this weekend. This is the first time that the production is performed in Iceland.

Over 4.500 students visited the Iceland Symphony Orchestra this week where they met the scientist Ævar Þór. The programme featured music from the Harry Potter films, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, and Ghostbusters.

The Upbeat gives young people the opportunity to submit a musical composition or a draft of a composition and receive support to work out their ideas with the artists. The application deadline is February 12.

Múlinn Jazz Club kicks off its spring program with a performance from Andrés Þór Quartet, tomorrow at 9 pm in Björtuloft. The spring program consists of 16 concerts taking place almost every Wednesday at 9 pm until May 23rd. 

Help create a new Icelandic Record in beading bracelets to support young people with cancer and their relatives, February 4 between 1 pm and 5 pm. During the event Icelandic artists will entertain: Valdimar, Amabadama, ÚlfurÚlfur and DJ Sóley.

Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival and GoRed's "Heart-walk" takes place tomorrow. The walk begins at 8 pm from Hallgrímskirkja and ends in front of Harpa where the light display "Hjarta" by Þórður Hans Baldursson and Halldór Eldjárn will be unveiled.

UTmessan is one of the largest IT events in Iceland and is open to the public February 3 between 10 am - 5 pm. Free experience for the whole family and others who want to find out what is happening in the IT world. 

Dark Music Days is an annual festival of contemporary and new music which takes place during the darkest period of the Icelandic winter, 25 - 27 January, in various places around the city.

Sónar Reykjavik is an annual music festival held in Reykjavik. The festival takes place March 16. & 17. with around 50 artists peforming on four stages at Harpa.

Each year the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Iceland Academy of the Arts sponsor a competition for young soloists. The winners will perform with the orchestra in Eldborg concert hall tomorrow at 7:30 pm.

Icelandic songs and folk music of elves, trolls, outlaws and Yule lads are on the programme once again this year at Harpa. The programme is sung in Icelandic and moderated in English.

Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre will countdown to the New Year on the glass façade. Harpa square is an ideal location to be on New Year.

The Icelandic Opera Choir performs beautiful Christmas songs from all over the world at 17.00 on the 23rd of December. Choir master is Magnús Ragnarsson. Free admission.

Sigur Rós invite you to Norður og Niður art festival. This December 27-30, the shortest, darkest days of Iceland’s Winter will play host to a multimedia event bringing together performances from friends and collaborators from all over the world.

Opening hours at Harpa during Christmas and New Year.

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra’s annual Christmas concerts take place next weekend along with Harpa's Advent program. Bring the whole family and enjoy a quality time at Harpa!

As we welcome you this weekend we would like to take the opportunity to point out, for those arriving by car, that Harpa has a two storey car park, but there are also four other multi storey car parks close by.

The WPL Annual Global Summit 2017 began today at Harpa. This high-level conference is a unique gathering of women political leaders as it brings together at least 250 female political leaders from all over the world.

Harpa Box Office will be open from 12:00-18:00 on weekdays and weekends from December 1st. 

St. Petersburg Festival Ballet along with Iceland Symphony Orchestra perform the treasured ballet classic, Sleeping Beauty, November 23-25.

The production of Tosca has received a very strong response from both audiences and critics; 5 star review in both Morgunblaðið and Fréttablaðið newspapers.

Singer and pianist Ragga Gröndal hosts a singer’s night at Múlinn jazz club. The program will be a mix of standard jazz songs and improvisation. The concert takes place tonight at 21:00 in Kaldalón.

The Iceland Airwaves Media Center is an indispensable part of the festival. At the Media Center in Harpa festival goers can pick up their festival passes. The Center is in action from October 30 to November 4.

The Budapest Festival Orchestra is one of the major success stories of the international music scene, being rated among the world’s top ten orchestras. The orchestra performs in Eldborg January 17th.

Opera singer Bergþór Pálsson invites the nation to his birthday party Oct 22 at 4pm in Eldborg, Harpa. Bergþór will sing duets with his singer-friends and pianists, such as Amigos para siempre and The Prayer.

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 50 countries. It takes place at Harpa October 13-15.

Rehearsals are going very well for the upcoming new production of Puccini´s magnificent opera, TOSCA. The opera premieres October 21.

In spring 2017, the Los Angeles Philharmonic held a large festival featuring Icelandic music and performers. Now the ISO is returning the favour by holding a festival of its own, with music from LA at the centre of the stage.

Múlinn Jazz Club kicks off its autumn program with a performance from Doyle/Scheving Quartet, tonight at 9pm in Björtuloft. 

As the light-filled days of the Icelandic summer draw in, Sigur Rós reveal the initial round of acts for Norður og niður, their ambitious curation of Harpa, Reykjavik's premiere state-of-the-art venue.

Sunday Classics is a recital series at Harpa presenting top-quality classical chamber music and songs. The recitals take place almost every Sunday at 5pm in one of Harpa´s recital halls, Kaldalón or Norðurljós, or in the open spaces of Harpa.

British comedy icon John Cleese is coming to Iceland as part of a newly announced European tour: Last Time to See Me Before I Die. He will perform the show in Eldborg, on May 17th 2018.

The comedy show How to become Icelandic in 60 minutes celebrates its 500th performance today. Around 60 thousand guests have seen the show since May 2012. 

Various free events for the whole family on Culture night in Harpa!

The Opening Ceremony of Reykjavík Jazz Festival takes place in Hörpuhorn at 17:30 today. Ahead are five days filled with various concerts performed by leading musicians from the jazz scene.

On the 10th – 12th of August, the World YOYO Championships will be held in at Harpa. About 200 competitors from 30 countries are coming to Iceland during the tournament.

High Tide is a group show of seven young artists open daily from 9-18 until July 18th in Harpa. The artists that are showing are Ýmir Grönvold, Nanna MBS, Aðalheiður Daly, Kristín Morthens, Rögnvaldur Skúli, Nanna MBS, QWICK og Dýrfinna Benita.

Reykjavík is named the Best MICE Destination in Europe 2017 by Business Destinations Magazine.

The Reykjavík Big Band announces their upcoming season 2017/2018. Variety of great concerts will take place at Harpa.

The award-winning music festival, Reykjavík Midsummer Music takes place June 22-25 in Harpa. The opening concert last night was sold out but tickets for other concerts are still available.

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The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is one of the world’s greatest chamber orchestras, renowned for fresh, brilliant interpretations of the world’s greatest classical music. The Academy performs in Eldborg November 21.

Chamber Orchestra Vienna - Berlin performs in Eldborg tomorrow. The French cellist Gautier Capuçon performs Cellokonzert in C- Dur by Joseph Haydn with the orchestra.

The Harpa International Music Academy’s 5th annual festival for classical music students will be held from June 1st – 17th.

Reykjavík Midsummer Music is an award-winning music festival under the artistic direction of pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. The festival is now in its 6th year and has firmly established itself as one of the highlights of the Reykjavík cultural calendar.

The American funk and rhythm and blues band, Kool & The Gang will perform in Eldborg June 10.

For six days across Christmas and New Year Sigur Rós will set up residence in Harpa to fill the shortest days with the brightest array of music, art and performance from Iceland and beyond. The band will perform four concerts in Eldborg.

The Dire Straits Experience will perform in Eldborg September 10.

The Upbeat - Young Composers Awards took place last week in Kaldalón as a part of Reykjavik Children's Culture Festival. All pieces performed at the concert received the Upbeat Composition Award.

Cellist Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir and pianist Angela Draghicescu come together in Harpa´s Classical Sundays series for a unique evening of colorful and evocative music for cello and piano April 30 at 5pm.

The International Jazz Day is celebrated on April 30 with special jazz events around the world. At Harpa the annual Big Band Marathon of the Reykjavik Big Band will take place and Kristjan Stefáns Quartet performs at Múlinn Jazzclub.

Opening day of Reykjavík Children’s Culture Festival: a week-long arts and culture festival dedicated to children and youth, will take place at Harpa April 25.

The Bootleg Beatles & SinfóníaNord celebrate Sgt. Pepper and the Summer of Love in Eldborg September 2. Tickets on sale now.

Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi will be performing in Eldborg hall July 17. Tickets go on sale April 11 at 10 am.

Nýdönsk was founded in 1987 and will celebrate their 30 years anniversary in Eldborg September 23rd. Tickets go on sale April 11 at 10 am.

Engelbert Humperdinck, who became a legend with hits such as Release Me, The Last Waltz, Quando, Quando, Quando and many many more will perform in Eldborg June 26. Tickets go on sale April 6 at 10:00 am.

Dr Hook – starring Dennis Locorriere in Eldborg June 24. Tickets go on sale April 5 at 10 am.

Samaris performs at The Tin Drum concert series in Kaldalón April 5 at 8 pm.

The Icelandic opera welcomes children 9-12 years old to join a lively introduction to the opera.

One of the absolute hottest newcomers in the global pop and hip-hop scene today is coming to Iceland. Post Malone will perform in Silfurberg on July 11.

Upptakturinn, (the Upbeat) the Young Composers Awards is a cooperative project between the Harpa Concert Hall, the Reykjavik Children‘s Culture Festival, Iceland Art Academy of the Arts and KrakkaRÚV.

Tickets for Víkingur Ólafsson’s release concert in Eldborg tonight are sold out.

Heimir Male Choir and guests will perform in Eldborg March 25. The concert will honour the Icelandic emigrants to North America and their descendants.

Various events will take place at Harpa during DesignMarch 23.-26.03.17. DesignMarch is Iceland’s most important annual design festival covering all fields of design including architecture, graphic design, fashion, furniture and product design.

One of the best jazz guitarist in the world, Pat Metheny performs in Eldborg along with his band November 17.

Krishna Das performs at Harpa June 21 at 8pm. Krishna Das has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time.

The Children’s Hour concert will take place tomorrow at 11:30 in Hörpuhorn. Admission is free.

Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio will perform at Múlinn Jazz Club tonight.

Do you believe someone can read your mind? Lior Suchard can in Eldborg May 9th.

With a legendary career spanning more than four decades, Kansas has firmly established itself as one of America's iconic of classic rock bands. They will perform in Eldborg June 4th.

The Philharmonic Choir will perform one of the greatest choral compositions of all time: Brahms’ German Requiem tonight at Harpa.

The Chamber Music Society was founded in 1957 and celebrates its 60th anniversary this season with the performance of Mozart‘s six string quintets in two concerts this weekend.

Fleet Foxes will perform twice at Iceland Airwaves 2017 in Eldborg, Harpa.

Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir, sviðsstjóri Menningar- og ferðamálasviðs Reykjavíkurborgar, hefur verið ráðin forstjóri Hörpu og tekur hún við starfinu þann 1. maí næstkomandi.

The International Society for the Performing Arts just announced that the 2021 congress will be at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Iceland. This was just confirmed at the ISPA 2017 congress in New York.

FÍH music school and the Reykjavík music school will perform in Kaldalón February 19 at 2:00 pm. Free entrance and everyone is welcome.

Herbie Hancock will perform in Eldborg July 20 with his band; Vinnie Colaiuta, James Genus, Lionel Loueke and Terrace Martin.

Jason Mraz will perform in Eldborg Hall in Harpa on April 1st. Experience a personal concert with Jason Mraz and his guitar in Iceland. Tickets go on sale on February 15 on harpa.is.

Howard Shore’s, Academy Award–winning score for the first film in director Sir Peter Jackson’s three-picture adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic will be performed in Eldborg August 25 and 26.

Free experience for the whole family and others who want to find out what is happening in the IT world.

During the Reykjavík Winter Lights Festival 2017 Harpa's façade will be converted into a giant interactive canvas. Participants will be able to illustrate the canvas by colliding it with virtual paint.

Múlinn Jazz Club kicks off its spring program with a performance by Guitar Islancio tonight at 9pm in Björtuloft. Their exciting program will continue every Wednesday with a total of sixteen concerts until May 17.

Víkingur Ólafsson release concert in Eldborg on March 24. Featuring a selection of Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes, the Icelandic pianist’s debut Deutsche Grammophon album was released last week under the name Philip Glass: Piano Works.

Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir, director and stage director of The Human Voice by Francis Poulenc talks about the 84th production of the Icelandic Opera.

Dark Music Days is an annual festival of contemporary and new music which takes place during the darkest period of the Icelandic winter at Harpa.

Thursday January 19, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra has a concert in cooperation with the centenary committee of Finland. The concert is a part of the celebration that marks the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence and republic.