Sunday, 7th May at 8 p.m. The chamber group's concert will take place at Hafnarborg. Ensemble Adapter, which is appointed to them Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir, harpist, and Matthias Engler, percussionists. The group's guests at the concert will be Celeste Oram, composer and performer, and Keir GoGwilt, composer and violinist. A collaborative work by the group and Celeste and Keir will be performed, Yunge Eylands Varpcast Network. The concert is part of Hafnarborg's contemporary music series, Hljóðönum.

In the work Yunge Eylands Varpcast Network dealing with the cultural independence of smaller nations such as Iceland and New Zealand/Aotearoa and the influence that the medium of radio has had on these societies throughout time. The advent of the medium made it possible to form cultural bridges between geographically distant communities, and the medium thus had considerable cultural and social impact both in Iceland and in New Zealand/Aotearoa. Numerous examples can be found where the cultural forces of the great world empires have influenced these two island nations through the extensive media at home.

The cases are different, ranging from social and economic transformations, resource management, and various forms of colonisation, such as monopolistic trade, military interests, genocide, and the expropriation of land. A comparison of the history of these two island nations, Iceland and New Zealand/Aotearoa, offers clues as to the future regarding personal and political self-determination for each society, in a world where all societies are interdependent. That said, the work is nevertheless about the everyday and about living from day to day – for all places are distant from other places, and yet no place is an island.

It is worth mentioning that Ensemble Adapter are the artist-in-residence for the Hljóðana concert series for the 2022-2023 season.

Tickets are on sale at Hafnarborg. The general admission price is kr. 2,500, and the price for senior citizens and students is kr. 1,500.

The chamber group Ensemble Adapter works both at home and in Berlin. Founding members Matthias Engler, percussionist, and Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir, harpist, lead the group's work, which focuses on collaboration and co-creation with a diverse group of artists from around the world. Ensemble Adapter takes a broad approach to musical creation, and the group's work is diverse, ranging from creating, curating, and producing, to running workshops and educational programmes, to performing contemporary music, whether on stage or through other digital media. Since the ensemble's foundation in 2004, it has premiered hundreds of works and performed at numerous festivals and concerts across Europe.

Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir, harpist, has worked throughout Europe with chamber groups and orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Mosaik, CAPUT Ensemble and the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra, as well as orchestras such as the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Bayerisches Staatsorchester Munich and the Lautencompagnie Berlin. As a soloist, Gunnhildur has performed with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Pärnu City Orchestra, Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Recherche. She has also given solo recitals widely, appearing, for example, in the Les signes de l'arc concert series in Paris and at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.

Matthias Engler, a percussionist, has worked with numerous chamber groups across Europe, notably Ensemble Modern and MusikFabrik.. In this context, Matthias has worked with leading composers and conductors in the world of contemporary music, such as Pierre Boulez, Helmut Lachenmann, Maurizio Kagel and Steve Reich, among others. Matthias has also appeared at all the major contemporary music festivals in Europe, such as the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, MaerzMusik, Donaueschinger Musiktage and the World New Music Days.

Keir GoGwilt, a violinist and composer, lives and works in New York. Keir's music weaves together historical research and experimental collaboration, transcending musical genres and styles. Critics have described Keir as an „outstanding performer“ (New York Times) with an „impressive tone“ (London Jazz News) that emerges from „deft virtuosity“ (San Diego Union-Tribune). As a soloist, Keir has performed with orchestras such as the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Chinese National Symphony, Orquesta Filarmonica de Santiago and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. As a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), Keir has performed his own compositions alongside co-created music for dance and theatre at festivals and venues such as the Luminato Festival, PS 122 COIL, Stanford Live, Carolina Performing Arts, The Momentary and the Ojai Music Festival.

Celeste Oram, composer and performer, is of British and American descent but grew up in New Zealand/Aotearoa and now lives and works in New York. Through her music, Celeste explores the culture and social history of smaller cultural communities, communicating what she observes through lyrics, music, speech, electronics, visuals, theatre, and improvisation. Celeste's work has been described as „unusual entertainment that deals with history in a powerful way“ and she has received award nominations such as the Sounz Contemporary Award, the CANZ Trust Fund Award and the Kranichstein Composition Prize at the Darmstadt Summer Course. Celeste's music has been performed worldwide by performers and ensembles such as the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, the American Modern Opera Company, Ruckus Early Music, Fonema Consort, Arcus Collective, Longleash, wasteLAnd, Autoduplicity, Steven Schick, and Stephen de Pledge, among others.

Soundtrack, Hafnarborg's contemporary music concert series, is particularly dedicated to 20th and 21st-century music, where the unique imagination and artistic struggle of composers lead audiences into previously uncharted territory. The concert series has been part of the Hafnarborg programme since 2013. The concerts are supported by the Music Fund, the FÍH Cultural Fund and Deutschlandfunk Kultur.