Resilience at the Hafnarborg Song Festival. Tickets on sale now.

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A singing festival in Hafnarborg, taking place from 19 June to 4 July 2021. A singing festival in Hafnarborg
won the Icelandic Music Awards as Music Festival of the Year 2020. At the festival
This year, a unique selection of musicians will be taking to the stage with a varied programme.
The resilience that has helped the nation through the difficult pandemic is the theme.
the festival this year. Music and poetry express universal feelings across
Time and countries help us to understand ourselves, to see the context between us.
and others, inspire us, teach us to appreciate the beauty of life and to give
Hopefully, we'll have better times.

Nine concerts with fourteen singers

Nine concerts will be on offer with 14 outstanding
soloists and the choir Schola Cantorum. There will also be performances on piano, guitar,
violin, cello, harpsichord and organ in a concert with Icelandic and foreign music from
from the Baroque period to the present day. Ticket sales will
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An independent festival held in collaboration with Hafnarborg

The festival also features
Offers various courses for singing students, singers and children. The Singing Festival at Hafnarborg is an independent festival, which is held in collaboration with
Hafnarborg, and enjoys the support of the City of Hafnarfjörður, the Music Fund and the Fund
Fridrik and Gudlaug. The artistic directors and founders of the Hafnarborg Song Festival are Gudrun Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir and Francisco Javier Jáuregui. 

Welcome to the Song Festival at Hafnarborg!

Concert at the Song Festival in
Port City 2021:

• Tuesday 22 June 2021 at 20:00. First masterclass concert. Students from Kristin's first masterclass course.
  Sigmundsson performs songs and opera arias. Matthildur Anna Gísladóttir plays
  with on the piano.
• Thursday 24 June 2021 at 20:00. Mahler meets Iceland. Andri Björn Róbertsson, bass-baritone, Hallveig
  Soprano Rúnarsdóttir and pianist Hrönn Þráinsdóttir perform selected songs from Des
  Knaben Wunderhorn by Gustav Mahler, as well as songs in a lighter vein by
  Hildigunni Rúnarsdóttur, Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson and Þórunni Grétu
  Sigurdardottir.
• Friday 25 June 2021 at 17:00. Out All Over – a family concert. Singer Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir,
  Sigurður Ingi Einarsson, guitarist and percussionist, and Ingvar Alfreðsson
  Pianists perform concerts for the whole family. Children of
  The festival's music courses are also featured. Free admission.
• Saturday 26 June 2021 at 17:00. Mirror of Friendship. Schola Cantorum performs Icelandic choral music about friendship, longing and
  Love. The conductor is Hörður Áskelsson.
• Sunday 27 June 2021 at 17:00. Icelandic female composers. Björk Níelsdóttir, soprano, Erla Dóra Vogler, mezzo-soprano,
  Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson, tenor; Hafsteinn Þórólfsson, baritone; and Eva Þyri
  The Hilmarsdottir pianists perform music by Thorunna Gudmundsdottir, Jorunna
  Vidar and other Icelandic women composers.
• Wednesday 30 June 2021 at 20:00. Mediterraneo. Tenor Alexander Jarl Þorsteinsson, Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir
  mezzo-soprano and the guitarists Francisco Javier Jáuregui and Pétur Jónasson
  perform music from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
• Thursday 1 July 2021 at 20:00. Second masterclass concert. Students on the second masterclass course.
  Kristinn Sigmundsson performs songs and opera arias. Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir
  Playing the piano.
• Saturday 3 July 2021 at 17:00. Delightful tranquillity – Baroque concerts. Benedikt Kristjánsson, tenor, Guðrún Jóhanna
  Ólafsdóttir, mezzo-soprano; Pétur Björnsson, violinist; Halldór Bjarki Arnarson
  Violinist and cellist perform music by G. F.
  Handel and J.S. Bach mixed with old Icelandic songs.
• Sunday 4th July 2021 at 17:00.Opera gala. Gissur Páll Gissurarson, tenor, Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, mezzo-soprano,
  Kristinn Sigmundsson bass, Oddur Arnþór Jónsson baritone, Sigrún Pálmadóttir
  soprano and pianist Guðrún Dalía Salómónsdóttir perform arias and
  Duets from operas by Beethoven, Donizetti, Gounod, Mozart, Nicolai,
  Saint-Saëns and Verdi.

All the concerts take place in
The main hall of Hafnarborg at 34 Strandgata in Hafnarfjörður.
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Course at the Singing Festival in
Port city:

• Saturday 19th –
  Tuesday 22 June and Monday 28 June – Thursday 1 July. Master class for
  For singing students and singers. Concerts on 22nd June and 1st July at 20:00. Teacher: Kristinn
  Sigmundsson. Fully booked.
• Saturday 19th –
  Sunday 20 June, 3pm–6pm. Singing course for
  Singing students in the foundation and intermediate years. Concert: 10th June at 19:00. Teacher: Guðrún
  Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir. Registration.
• Monday 21st –
  Friday, 25th June. Songwriting workshop and
  Art courses for 6-9 and 10-12 year olds. Registration.
• Saturday the 26th and
  Sunday 27 June, 11:00-11:45. Music workshop for
  Ages 3-5 with a parent. Teacher: Valgerður Jónsdóttir. Registration.
• Saturday 3rd and
  Sunday 4th July at 11:00-11:45. Lullabies for
  6-18 month old children with parents. Teacher: Svafa Þórhallsdóttir. Registration.

More information at www.songhatid.is