May 4 marked the start of substantial easing of the social distancing measures and, on May 7 Harpa reopened, becoming one of the first conference halls in Europe to do so during the pandemic.

Four cultural, concert and event centres across the Nordic hemisphere will be lit in green, the colour of hope, to show respect to everyone struggling from the current situation and to remind us of more hopeful times ahead.

Following the latest advice from the Icelandic authorities on the ban on social gathering we have no option but to close Harpa temporarily. No events are planned in Harpa for the next few weeks.

Since a ban on public events and gathering has been imposed in Iceland from March 15th, all events in Harpa that have more than 100 people in the audience have been cancelled.

Due to the Corona virus COVID-19, that has now been diagnosed in Iceland, Harpa has made precautionary measures in accordance with the Directorate of health. Safety of our guests, e

Til hamingju Hildur! was displayed on Harpa last night, meaning Congratulations Hildur! Hildur Guðnadóttir just became the first Icelander to win an Oscar with her music for The Joker and also the first woman to win Best Original Score.

Iceland Symphony is touring now in the United Kingdom, performing in eight cities under the baton of Yan Pascal Tortelier. Soloists will be pianists Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Yeol Eum Son. 

Recently the Travel Photography of the Year announced their winners and Paul Sansome won the Art of Travel portfolio with a great photo of Harpa.  Over 20,000 images were submitted from 144 countries.

Here are the opening hours for Harpa during the holidays.

Because of extremely bad weather coming later today we have decided to close the doors at 3 pm today, Tuesday Dec 10th. Box office will answer the phone till 6 pm.  

This noontime concert puts the spotlight on the orchestra's String Ensemble, which performs selections from concerti by Corelli and Vivaldi.

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 60 countries. The conference started today with the opening ceremony at Harpa.

The Upbeat – Young Composers Awards and Iceland Symphony Orchestra have joined their forces and perform Jú víst by the 11 year old Lára Rún Eggertsdóttir.

Today, Friday 27 of September, the artwork by Hrund Atladóttir will take over Harpa's glass facade. The artwork is the end of an art series held in connection with the International Climate Strike.

The United Nations just announced that the Danish-Icelandic artist Ólafur Elíasson has been named a Goodwill Ambassador for its Development Program.

Harpa hosts the first major International #MeToo Conference. The Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakbosdóttir, opened the three-day gathering today in Harpa.

Last Sunday, the Reykjavík Midsummer Music 2019 music festival ended at Harpa. Amazing festival with outstanding musicians this brightest weekend of the year in Iceland.

Reykjavik Classics is a music series that has been going on at Harpa for the past four years, offering outstanding classical music in one of the best concert halls in Europe. The artistic director is dr. Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir, pianist. 

Due to a private event, Harpa is closed to the public from 6pm Monday May 6th and 8pm Tuesday May 7th.

The Iceland Symphony Orchestra welcomes about 3.000 school kids this week in total of three concerts at Harpa.

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

The board of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra has appointed Lára Sóley Jóhannsdóttir as managing director of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, commencing 1 August 2019.

The multi award-winning chamber music festival Reykjavík Midsummer Music will be held in Harpa for the seventh time from 20 to 23 June 2019. The festival’s founder and artistic director is pianist Víkingur Ólafsson.

The EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS will be held in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in December 2020. The managers of the European Film Academy have visited and examined Harpa and believe that the building is a great fit to host an event like this in Ice

Show solidarity with the victims of gender-based violence at Harpa. The Dance Revolution, One Billion Rises, will be at Harpa on 14 February from 12.15-13.00. Free entry!

Harpa is open every day during the holidays except on Christmas day. Harpa is closed on the 25h of December. Here you can see the opening hours.

UN Women‘s annual Candle Light march, in honor of the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, will be held next Sunday on the 25th of November at 5 PM. This day also marks the beginning of 16 days of activism, a global campaign which is us

The competition was held in October 2018 and 15 young soloist participated. 4 were chosen to perform a solo concerto with the Iceland Symphony.

The annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more than 2000 participants from 50 countries. The Assembly is held every October at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre.

The 24rd Advania Fall Conference will be held at Harpa Conference Center on the 21st of September, where a variety of IT specialists will give the audience an insight into new technology.

Sunday Classics continue weekly at Harpa this sunday. The start time has been changed from 5 pm to 4 pm. The winter programme has been released on harpa.is

N’Dour is almost certainly the greatest figure in African music. He has been mesmerizing audiences for more than three decades with a new wave of music influenced by Cuban rumba to hip-hop, jazz and soul.

To ensure safety of guests on Culture Night there are traffic closures from 7 am on Saturday 18 August until after fireworks.

Rehearsals have begun in Eldborg for The Lord of the Rings showing this weekend. Emilíana Torrini will give a live performance of Gollum's Song with full orchestra.

Harpa now offers a selection of combined experiences at a better price so our visitors can enjoy more of what Harpa has to offer. See offers.

The personnel at Harpa will watch Iceland compete with Croatia today at 18:00. The box office will therefore close at 17:30. Go Iceland! HUH!

Reykjavik Classics is now in its third year and presents Icelandic music and classical masterpieces performed by artists of the highest caliber in “one of the ten best concert halls of the new millennium.”

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.