Creative Summer Jobs – Tómas Vigur – Fiddle Joy in Hafnarfjörður

Learn fun songs and develop ensemble playing, listening skills and a love of music.

Violin Joy in Hafnarfjörður is a group course for young violin students at beginner and intermediate level. The course took place from 16–20 July 2025 at the Hafnarfjörður Music School and offered participants the chance to take part in group and individual lessons, learn fun pieces, and develop their ensemble playing, listening skills, and love of music. The course had 9 students aged 8-12. At the end of the course, there was a joint concert where the participants performed for guests.

Has performed as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Tómas Vigur Magnússon is a violinist, born in 2005 and based in Hafnarfjörður. He has been active in the Icelandic music scene as both a violinist and a pianist. Tómas has performed as a soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra after being one of the winners of the 2024 Young Soloists competition, and with the Amateur Symphony Orchestra in 2023.

The road leads to Oslo

Tómas began his violin studies with Diljá Sigursveinsdóttir but has for the past few years been studying with Auður Hafsteinsdóttir, both at the Sigursveinn Music School and at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. This autumn, he will move to Oslo where he will begin his bachelor's degree at the Norwegian Academy of Music under the tutelage of Peter Herresthal. Tómas has attended masterclasses and international courses widely, including with Maestro Dmitry Sitkovetsky, a judge at many of the world's largest violin competitions, and at courses such as Valdres, Astona, the Malta International Spring Festival, Schlossakademie and, most recently, Jacob Gade in Denmark.

Violin joy in Hafnarfjörður possibly for years to come

In 2024–2025, Tómas taught the violin at the Sigursveinn D. Kristinsson School of Music in Reykjavík.
Violin Joy in Hafnarfjörður is a course that Thomas would be pleased to develop and continue for years to come.

Concert on 29th July

We strongly encourage you to follow this talented musician and the project. Here on Facebook and we look forward to welcoming you to the closing party on 29 July at the Innovation Centre. There, Thomas will be playing some light-hearted music to round off the day's programme with a few well-chosen songs. All welcome!

Here are some carefully selected photos from the course and the final concert of Fiðlugleði in Hafnarfjörður in 2025.

About Creative Summer Jobs 2025

In the summer of 2021, the City of Hafnarfjörður, in collaboration with the city's youth centre, Hamarinn, decided to revive the “Creative Summer Jobs” project, which had been run in the summer of 2017. Individuals and groups aged 18-25 were also invited to submit ideas for creative projects in Hafnarfjörður. Selected groups were given the opportunity to work on various creative projects in different artistic fields that would also liven up the town's social life, delighting tourists and residents in one way or another. The staff of the Creative Summer Jobs, run as part of the Hafnarfjörður Work Camp, are tasked with bringing the town to life, making it more fun, beautiful and diverse with artistic and creative events. The projects are varied and appeal to different age groups and interests. Þorbjörg Signý Ágústsson is the project manager for Creative Summer Jobs.

This year, there are nine diverse projects operating as part of the Creative Summer Jobs scheme, and they will be featured weekly over the summer.