Journal
Reviews, interviews and news from Icelandic musical life.
Joe Hisaishi, Studio Ghibli's composer, conducts his own music in Reykjavík this spring
Joe Hisaishi, the man behind the music of Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro, comes to Harpa in Reykjavík on 2 April 2027 to conduct the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in an evening of his own work.
A recorder weekend in Reykjavík: Lucie Horsch and Barbara Hannigan at Harpa in November
Dutch recorder star Lucie Horsch spends a late-November weekend at Harpa with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and its new chief conductor, Barbara Hannigan: one big orchestral night and one intimate afternoon of folk songs.
Reykjavík wanted more: Anne Sofie von Otter's Christmas concert at Harpa becomes two
Demand for the Swedish mezzo's Christmas evening in Reykjavík was strong enough for Harpa to add a second concert on 10 December. Here is why people are booking, how to pick your time, and two more festive dates at Harpa either side.
Mikhail Pletnev plays Bach, Schumann and Grieg at Harpa in Reykjavík
Mikhail Pletnev gave a solo piano recital in Harpa's main hall on Monday 19 October.
Anne Sofie von Otter's first Iceland concerts: Christmas in Harpa
Two concerts on 10 December in Harpa's Northern Lights hall bring Anne Sofie von Otter to Iceland for the first time, and open a new series.
Reykjavík Opera Days 2026 takes fourteen productions to ten places
Ten places, from Norðurljós in Harpa to the pond in the middle of Reykjavík, and eight days from 25 October. Every performance is listed now, and what nobody has confirmed is marked unconfirmed.