Listahátíð - 2006

Opening Ceremony 2006

Wed, 10 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Festival opened by the Mayor of Reykjavík, Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir. The opening ceremony will feature performances by festival artists such as the Motion Trio from Cracow, the French street artist Mr. Culbuto and the Brazilian dance company Grupo Corpo.

Magnolia Trans Danse Europe

Sun, 28 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

OBSTRUCSONG Trans Danse Europe

Sat, 27 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

Hélium Trans Danse Europe

Sat, 27 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

Sunday Matinée with Schumann

Sun, 14 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

This project commemorates the 150th anniversary of the great composer Robert Schumann’s death in an asylum near Bonn in Germany at the age of forty-six. To honour Schumann’s legacy, six excellent Icelandic pianists will perform some of his greatest works at three recitals.

Rússíbanar (Rollercoasters)

Tue, 23 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

The band Rússíbanar (Rollercoasters) was founded in 1996 and was an instant success, playing music from all over the world with a special emphasis on music from the Middle East and the Balkans. The programme for the concert at the Icelandic Opera consists of Icelandic songs, songs from both Western and Eastern Europe and music from Finland.

The Word Music Polypoetry Festival

Sun, 21 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

The Word Music Polypoetry Festival celebrates the potential of the human voice to create art on the borders of poetry and music, video and performance. Sound poets and polypoets have organized such festivals all over the world but never before in Iceland.

The Word Music Polypoetry Festival

Sat, 20 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

Der Freischütz an opera by Carl Maria von Weber

Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:39:00 +0000

A group of talented young Icelandic singers and musicians will perform this great classical piece for the first time in Iceland. The guest singer, tenor Kolbeinn Ketilsson, is one of Iceland’s best-known opera singers abroad.
Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber is one of the most influential operas ever written and marks the beginning of the Romantic opera.

Nordic-Express Staged readings

Wed, 17 May 2006 00:39:00 +0000

In collaboration with Reykjavik City Theatre and the Icelandic Art Academy. The aim of the project is to present the most cutting-edge contemporary drama.

Nordic-Express – Staged readings

Tue, 16 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

In collaboration with Reykjavik City Theatre and the Icelandic Art Academy. The aim of the project is to present the most cutting-edge contemporary drama.

We are all Marlene Dietrich FOR Trans Danse Europe

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Trans Danse Europe is a collaboration by eight organizations in eight European cities, through residencies, workshops and touring from 2003 to 2006. The Reykjavík Arts Festival presents projects from four countries: We are all Marlene Dietrich FOR from Iceland, Hélium from Belgium, OBSTRUCSONG from Denmark and Magnolia from Poland.

Opening of The Icelandic Settlement Centre at Borgarnes

Sat, 13 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

The Settlement Centre is devoted to recreating Iceland’s earliest days and introduces visitors to one of the best-known heroes of the Icelandic Sagas, Egil Skalla-Grimsson. The centre is home to two major exhibitions: The Settlement of Iceland and The Saga of Egil Skalla-Grimsson, and also contains a Saga Loft.

City Centre Images – A Century of Reykjavík

Sat, 13 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

On the occasion of the Reykjavík Museum of Photography’s 25th anniversary, the museum invites the public to a grand photographic celebration on the streets and squares of the capital.

Mr. Culbuto

Sat, 13 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

The French street artist Mr. Culbuto is a veteran of over four hundred performances in sixteen countries. He is a living toy, impatiently waiting for someone to play with him.

The Fly, Collision of Culture and Nature

Sun, 14 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

This project by the artists Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson extends the cycle of their projects examining human relationships to landscape and environment by means of observing the human/animal interface, and in this case concentrates on domestic animals and animals within an urban environment.

Women and Finnbogi

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Works by Finnbogi Pétursson and outstanding women artists such as Karin Sander, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Roni Horn, Sara Björnsdóttir, Guðrún Einarsdóttir, Inga Svala Þórsdóttir, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Hildur Bjarnadóttir, Ólöf Nordal, Katrín Sigurðardóttir, etc

The Supremes in order of appearance…

Sun, 14 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

The title, “in order of appearance…” emphasizes the fact that group exhibitions are always an ensemble, and refers directly to the artists as a collection of individuals. The artists featured in this exhibition are all former participants in the two-year Rijksakademie residency programme in Amsterdam.

Two Artists at the SAFN

Sat, 13 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

For the Reykjavík Arts Festival 2006, the SAFN Contemporary Art Collection presents the works of the highly acclaimed artists Karin Sander and Ceal Floyer, who both live and work in Berlin, Germany.

Two retrospectives at the National Gallery

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Featuring the work of two contemporary Icelandic artists who have been active for almost three decades, Birgir Andrésson and Steingrímur Eyfjörð.

I Fagiolini Monteverdi' s Flaming Heart

Sat, 27 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

I Fagiolini are acknowledged worldwide as the most innovative British vocal ensemble specializing in early music. Their stylish staged productions of Renaissance and Baroque music-theatre works together with virtuosic performances of contemporary repertoire have won them friends all over the world and brought this repertoire to both specialist and completely new audiences.

The Creation at Eskifjörður

Sat, 27 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Haydn’s masterpiece “The Creation” will be performed at the Church and Cultural Centre in Eskifjörður on the east coast of Iceland.

Dark Deeds and Delinquents

Thu, 18 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Reykjavík has long been the main scene of action in Icelandic detective stories. Most authors of Icelandic detective stories have created their own image of Reykjavík where dark deeds and delinquents lurk round every corner.

The Settlement Exhibition, Aðalstræti 16

Fri, 12 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

The opening of an exhibition based on archaeological finds in Reykjavík, well-preserved ruins of houses from the 10th century, and objects and remains of human habitation believed to date from the 9th-century settlement of Reykjavík.

Sensi/able Spaces – Space, Art and the Environment

Fri, 2 Jun 2006 00:38:00 +0000

A conference at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, hosted by the departments of Philosophy, and Geology and Geography. The event deals with the perception and conception of spaces in the built as well as the natural environment.

Sense in Place / Site-ations exhibition opening

Thu, 25 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

“Sense in place” is a collaborative, interdisciplinary visual art project involving fourteen European countries. The project will take place over the course of a year in the form of six events – one in each of the six participating countries: Wales, Latvia, Ireland, Poland, Iceland and Spain.

La Strada the Movie

Sat, 20 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

Federico Fellini’s 1954 movie “La Strada”, starring Giulietta Masina and Anthony Quinn, is without doubt Fellini’s greatest and most influential work. La Strada is the masterpiece he himself loved best, a feeling shared by most movie lovers.

Metamorphosis Poetry in Motion

Sun, 14 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

What poetry offers to literature, puppetry can bring to the theatre. “Metamorphosis” is a collection of original short stories told not in words but through the metaphorical grace of puppets.

Pinter Scrutinized

Sun, 14 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

To celebrate Harold Pinter’s recent Nobel Prize for Literature, a conference will be held on the playwright at the National Theatre of Iceland, with the participation of foreign specialists.

Mugison in Concert

Sun, 28 May 2006 00:38:00 +0000

The multitalented and popular musician Örn Elías Guðmundsson, known as Mugison, is currently one of Iceland’s brightest stars. The sincerity and unpretentiousness of his music has hit home both in Iceland and abroad and his CDs have received great reviews.