The Nordic Music Days have been organized since 1888 as one of the oldest festivals for contemporary classical music in the world. The festival is unique in the sense that it is organized by the composers themselves. Each year the national societies of composers organize the festival in turn on behalf of the Council of Nordic Composers.
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!