Julia Kaiser ist freie Hörfunkautorin im Bereich Kultur und Kulturvermittlung.
Das Projekt JungeReporter hat sie über Jahre entwickelt, in diesen Journalistenakademien für junge Leute gibt sie ihre journalistischen Erfahrungen und ihre Faszination für ihren Beruf an Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene weiter.
Music in the Dark
Inga Margrét Bragadóttir, 17 JahreJanuary is not an enjoyable month in Iceland. But amid the cold and windy days, a festival is held – a music festival.
A Multicultural Sense of Wonder
Sóley Anna Jónsdóttir, 19 JahreThere’s something in the air. The music floats around, one can never quite place a finger on it but everyone can feel it from deep within.
What you think of next
Lára Ruth Clausen, 19 JahreMusic that has no boundaries, it simply is what we want, when we want it.
Capriccio
Snædís Birna Brynjarsdóttir, 16 JahreCapriccio is a beautiful work done by Áskel Másson, it’s magical the entire time and makes you feel more alive.
Wavy music in Iceland
Daníel Kári Jónsson, 20 JahreKjartan himself describes his piece as a colourful wavy journey and I think he executed it very well. I could imagine the sea glimmering in the sun. Truly a night to remember in Harpa.
A Modern Homage to the Past
Alvilda Eyvör Elmarsdóttir, 18 JahreI am admittedly not the biggest fan of modern day classical music and as we are walking into the hall of Eldborg, I feel a tad nervous about what is to come.
Engines in the Head
Lúkas Þorlákur Jones, 19 JahreA moving piece that fully deserves its praise and gives an intimate and personal perspective on a traumatic part of someone’s life.
Copper world
Andreas Guðmundsson, 22 Jahre“Capriccio” by Áskell Másson starts very energetically and quickly, the small Darabuka drum, played by the composer himself, starts establishing an interesting rhythm that continues throughout most of the piece.
Composing personality
Hugi Garðarsson, 25 JahreHarpa is hosting many of the Dark Music Days concerts. One program is called „Flekarnir“, tectonic plates in English, and includes pieces from various Icelandic composers.
“I felt like I was in an airplane”
Amelia April Steel, 18 JahreQuite the impressive concert took place in Harpan, consisting of pieces by Kjartan Ólafsson, Haukur Tómasson, Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir, Gunnar Andreas Kristinsson and Áskell Másson. Ingibjörg’s work really stood out to me!
UltraschallReporter 2023 – mach mit!
Wie lässt sich neue Musik in Worte fassen? Wie schreibe ich ein Künstlerporträt, und was ist eigentlich eine Reportage? Im Workshop-Projekt „UltraschallReporter“ übst Du vom 14.-22.1.23 mit anderen jungen Journalist*innen, wie man für ein Online-Magazin schreibt und Radio macht. Mehr Infos zum Projekt und Bewerbung gibt es hier: https://rbburl.de/ultraschallreporter Hier geht es zur Ausschreibung Fragen…
NMD Impact
Daniela Amado, 28 JahreI walk wide-eyed into Harpa, the steel honeycomb prism that anyone in Reykjavik recognizes as the most prestigious venue in Iceland. Coming from a Latin American country, everything from the design to the inner workings of a first class arts institution fascinates me.
Overall happiness
Lilja Sól Helgadóttir, 17 JahreSome of the pieces were just so beautiful! Harpist Katie Buckley and Frank Aarnink, the percussionist who plays that „stuss“, form the Duo Harpverk – were playing amazing throughout the concert.
Eternally
Fannar Árni Ágústsson, 16 JahreHáttatal by Guðmundur managed to give me a glimpse of a world of music that, until now, has been unknown to me and for that, I will be eternally grateful.
Viðtal við Ernu Völu
Hugi Garðarsson, 24 JahreLast Wednesday I went to a Nordic Music Days concert starring Siggi String Quartet. They had two guest performers in Fabian Svensson’s „Five Obsessive Movements“, playing a melodica and a toy piano. I had a little chat with the pianist, Erna Vala Arnardóttir.
Eating pigs in front of pigs
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreHave you ever eaten pork while standing besides a pig? Have you ever talked about slaughtering pigs in front of pigs? No? Composer Mathias Monrad Møller was letting people try that at the Reykjavík zoo, it was strange but very, very interesting.
Grisaille
Lilja Sól Helgasdóttir, 17 JahreDuring the world premiere of Gunnar Karel Másson’s piece in Harpa, I wrote this poem.
Podcast: Siggi String Quartet
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreStyrmir and Hugi discussing the concert of Siggi String Quartet, featuring Ásthildur Ákadóttir, melodica and Erna Vala Arnardóttir, toy piano
Nýtt og norrænt – new and Nordic
Young Reporters at MIT Reykjavík, 17 JahreIceland Symphony Orchestra in cooperation with Nordic Music Days 2022 performed five works at Harpa concert hall. Best thing: 25 students of Menntaskóli í tónlist, the Reykjavík Music School, were attending the concert first row. Here is what they wrote…
This man has more time than anyone else
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreGunnar Karel Masson is an Icelandic composer whose work will be performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at the Nordic Music Days. His piece is called „Grisaille“ and Gunnar completed the writing of the piece in August, so the people at the concert will be attending the world premiere!
All at once
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreMarcella Lucatelli started as a classical singer and was interested in making her own staged works, really pushing the visuals and the moments as well as the aesthetics of it. Therefore, she became a composer accidentally.
Minds blown by the Pinquins
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreThe Pinquins appear several times in the Nordic Music Days. It is not only music you hear, it is a whole show for your eyes as well – this is art!
Blue lantern to light the path into sound future
Styrmir Palsson, 19 JahreMari Garrigue is playing first in the opening concert of the Nordic Music Days 2022 – what an honour! There she is, with a blue metal case that turns out to be a discarded lantern…
Four necks and the voice of a popstar
Hugi Garðarsson, 24 JahreThor Magnusson and his team at Intelligent Instruments Lab at LHÍ are developing more advanced ways of instrument buildinging, mixed with computer sciences and programming.
Interviewing the inventor of IIL – Thor Magnusson
Hugi Garðarsson, 24 Jahre„Future Music“ is the exciting field Thor Magnousson is a professor in at the University of Sussex. Here in Reykjavík, he works as a pricipal investigator at the Intelligent Instruments Lab – meaning, he brought this exciting Laboratory to live.
Intelligent Instruments Lab Workshop – Part II
Daniela Amado, 28 JahreDaniela interviewing instrument designer Mari.
Checking out Intelligent Instruments – Part I
Daniela Amado, 28 JahreDaniela trying out a reverb instrument for singing voice.
Like a bees‘ hive – Intelligent Instruments Lab
Daniela Amado, 28 JahreA constant loop of controlled noise and intermittent buzzing lives within a yellow, acoustically-paneled room at Listaháskoli Íslands, Iceland’s arts university. In this laboratory for intelligent instruments, the buzzing is two-fold.
Nordic Music Days about to start
JungeReporter from Iceland, 22 JahreA team of young reporters from Reykjavík will write about Nordic Music Days 2022 in Iceland. Looking forward to meet composers, musicians and instrument inventors from the north!
Bunt, einzigartig, gemischt, minutenlanger Applaus
Nico Degen Lanzo, 16 JahreWir, das YEC Reporterteam, sitzen in der dritten Reihe des leeren Saals und haben das Orchester ganz für uns! Jetzt schon die Zuhörer verzaubern, allein durch die Generalprobe, das schafft nicht jeder. Chineke! aber schon.
