What's on
Jelena Ćirić and trio
Jelena Ćirić and Margrét Arnardóttir on accordion and Karl Pestka on viola.
A letter from Helga
Kristín Anna will perform songs of her own composition as well as works by others at the Laxness Museum living room concert on August 23rd.
Hrafnaspark at Gljúfrasteinn
Next up at our concert series is the djangojazz trio Hrafnaspark.
They recently celebrated their 25th anniversary and will play a mix of gypsy jazz standards as well as other songs in their interpretation.
A Conversation in G minor
This concert features cellist María Qing Sigríðardóttir and pianist Ásta Dóra Finnsdóttir, where they will introduce and perform Beethoven's Sonata in G minor.
The Icelandic Guitar Trio and Poetic Waltzes
The Icelandic Guitar Trio will perform in our living room and the theme is poetic waltzes.
On the repertoire are work by Enrique Granados and Frederik Holm as well as a premier performance of a piece by Oliver Kentish.
Whoever doesn´t live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.Under the Glacier, 1968
Halldór Laxness
Halldór Laxness was born in Reykjavík in 1902. His first novel was published in 1919, marking the beginning of a spectacular career as a novelist that would span decades. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955.
A true man of the world, Halldór Laxness spent a great deal of time overseas but his home from 1945 was Gljúfrasteinn in Mosfellssveit.