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.

The Harvard University Choir will perform in Hörpuhorn on Thursday, January 19 at 12:00.

On May 19, the Chamber Orchestra Vienna - Berlin will perform in Eldborg, including one of the most talented musicians of the Vienna- and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Italian manufacturer of tires invited an audience of roughly 250 journalists and international dealers to Iceland last summer.

Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik will countdown into New Year on the glass façade.

The Icelandic Opera welcomes you to a festive open concert in Harpa!

The President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, opened the exhibition Equatorial - The Heritage Project, last week.

Harpa opening hours during the Holidays 2016

Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires performed in Iceland in 2011, when she played in Eldborg together with Maxim Vengerov. The concert was very memorable as Maria is one the leading pianist in the world.

Sigga is one of Iceland’s most beloved pop singers with a career in music spanning over 30 years. Amongst other things, Sigga has represented Iceland in the European Song Contest on numerous occasions. In the concerts, Sigga performs Christmas songs

Now guests can contemplate the view from every single seat in the Eldborg auditorium when they purchase tickets online. 1800 360 ° photographs were taken from each seats to make this possible.

UN Women ‘s annual Candle Light Walk will be held next Friday on the 25th of November at 5 PM in celebration of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This weekend Harpa will be UNICEF-Blue to support the tragedies happening in Nigeria.

Star-Chef Alessio Cera from Borgo de Guidi is the guestt chef at Kolabrautin, 21st – 24th november. The restaurant is located at the renowned vineyard Poderi dal Nespoli, Italy.

Tónlistarhátíðin Sónar Reykjavík hefur kynnt fyrstu nöfnin sem koma fram á hátíðinni í febrúar 2017. Að venju fer hátíð að öllu fram í Hörpu og að þessu sinni á fjórum sviðum, þar af eitt sem er staðsett í bílakjallara Hörpu.

Harpa's glass facade is blue today on World Diabetes Day.. This day is celebrated world-wide to make awareness of this disease. Diabetes Association of Iceland was founded in 1971 by a group of volunteers.

The performance tomorrow show of the satirical comedy Icelandic Sagas: The Greatest Hits will be held in support of the Icelandic section of Amnesty International.

There are few weeks a year that have a special meaning at Harpa and often have a special name. Tonight, we finish one of those weeks when Björk closes the Iceland Airwaves week 2016.

"Spectacular Evgeni Onegin at Harpa" was the headline of a five-star review by Jónas Sen from Fréttablaðið newspaper.

Björk Digital is an experimental VR project, a total merging of Björk’s music and cutting-edge technology that expands the musical experiment realm.

Harpa will participate in Pink October to support the Pink Ribbon campaign for breast cancer awareness. The lights in the facade of Harpa are pink and with that Harpa wants to show its support in this symbolic way.

The most popular rap duo in Iceland is without a doubt Arnar and Helgi in the band Úlfur Úlfur.

Iceland Airwaves Music Festival announced today that Björk will perform an exclusive show in Eldborg, Harpa on Saturday November 5th at this years festival.

One of Harpa's regulars’ events is the weekly concerts with the Múlinn Jazzclub. Offering weekly concerts in one the best concert halls in Iceland, Björtuloft, the jazzclub returns after short summer-break on Wednesday.

Sunday Classics is a new recital series at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference centre presenting top-quality classical chamber music and songs.

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra today welcomes Yan Pascal Tortelier as its new Chief Conductor. The French maestro, who was selected through the musicians' committee unanimous decision, will conduct his first concert as chief conductor on September 8t

The Tin Drum concert series is a back from summer vacation and will start this year with a fantastic concert on Wednesday.

The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service collaborated with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in the unusual way to pick the program for the opening concert this year.

Welcome to Harpa’s 5th anniversary on Reykjavík Culture Night. The program this year is very good with events all day for the whole family. Free admission.

The young, blond Brit award winner, Tom Odell, returns to Harpa presenting his most recent album, Wrong Crowd, together with some of his best known songs.

Reykjavik Jazz Festival 2016

Next Wednesday Harpa will host a fantastic concert on behalf of LG from South-Korea. The company has arrived to Iceland to promote the newly product under the brand LG OLED TV

An exhibition in English dedicated to the Icelandic Book of Drawings (1330–1550) at Harpa, 1 July – 15 August 2016

In November 2015 Halldór Gudmundsson the Director of Harpa signed the Climate Declaration on behalf of Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre.

Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre has recently been awarded the Business Destinations Travel Awards 2016 as the Best Meetings and Conference Centre in Europe.

STOMP, the British theatrical sensation that has become a truly global phenomenon, comes to Reykjavik.

The Festival of the Sea will be celebrated at Harpa 4-5 June. Free entry and everybody is welcome to Harpa.

Evolvia ehf. offers for the second time the conference "Tomorrow's Leadership". The theme has been getting entrepreneurs and Leader from different sources to share their experience and wisdom. Let’s create the future together.

Helgi Tomasson, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, says he is extremely pleased to able to perform in a nice building like Harpa.

Vladimir Ashkenazy is back home to Harpa but he will conduct the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at Reykjavík Arts Festival tomorrow night.

Harpa greets thousands of visitors every day during the summer. The summer season has never been as busy with Harpa regulars instituting a fuller summer programme.

There will be tropical atmosphere at Harpa when the largest and most respected Flamenco show in Spain will stelp on stage in Eldborg hall on June 3.

The premier of Icelandic Sagas - The Greatest Hits was last Wednesday in Norðurljós hall. The show is performed in English and is a 75-minute theatrical comedy roller coaster ride.

Today we celebrate five years since the first official concert in Eldborg hall. It was on May 4th in 2011 when the Iceland Symphony Orchestra took the stage for the first time with a wonderful program, some peace specially written for this concert.