BBC Radio 3 celebrating the New Year 2025 in Reykjavik

The final episode in BBC Radio 3’s New Year’s series, hosted from 5 different European cities, was broadcasted live from the Harpa Concert and Conference Center, and included some local guests, i.e. Umbra and Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson, and featuring an excellent choice of recordings curated by the BBC, Tandem and RÚV.

Thanks to producers Alex Anderson, Marion Bettsworth, host Sarah Walker and engineers Valgeir Skorri Vernharðsson af Hrafnkell Sigurðsson for a lovely Sunday morning together.

Click here to enjoy the full show: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0026ks3

Allison Lupton Trio and Umbra 05.11.2024

We just had the pleasure of performing alongside The Allison Lupton Trio, featuring the very talented Allison Lupton, Shane Cook and Kyle Waymouth. They are currently on a UK tour and you don’t want to miss their performance!

Hallgrímshátíð - 350 year remembrance

Excited for our upcoming concert this weekend, playing all new music (by us) to one of Iceland’s most beloved poets, Hallgrímur Pétursson ( 1614-1674).

TWO SIDES OF HALLGRÍMUR PÉTURSSON
UMBRA ENSEMBLE
Sunday October 20TH at 17 hrs

Alexandra Kjeld, double bass, vocals
Arngerður María Árnadóttir, organ, celtic harp, vocals
Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir, violin, langspil, vocals
Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, lead vocals, flutes

Tickets available at Hallgrímskirkja and on tix.is
Admission ISK 3.900

Haizebegi festival à Bayonne 2024

On vient de rentrer d’une tournée au Festival Haizebegi à Bayonne, du 3 au 13 octobre, consacrée entre autre aux rélations médievales maraines entre l’Islande et le Pays Basque, manifestée entre autre par la création d’un centre culturel basque (Baskasetur) à Djúpavík en Islande, geré par Baskavinafélagið.

Progamme complet ici.

Merci à Denis Laborde et tout l’équipe du festival, aux élèves de Terminale du lycée René Cassin (classe de musique de Madame Marie Labadie), à Baskavinafélagið

JOURNAL ET INTERVIEW: Samedi 12 octobre 2024 —   * Le quatuor féminin Umbra insuffle sa couleur originale au patrimoine musical islandais   * Rencontre officielle à la mairie de Bayonne autour de la création d’un Centre culturel basque au Nord-ouest de l’Islande.

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China tour '24

We just returned home from our first concert tour in China, a truly UNFORGETTABLE experience for the four of us. We are overwhelmed by many things: the warm and open audiences that came to see us in Beijing, Xi'an, Chongqing, Mianyang, Chengdu and Longchang, the DELICIOUS and diverse high quality Chinese cuisine, the AMAZING and frankly quite epic cultural heritage and the BEAUTIFUL mountains and green luscious landscapes between cities. We are very thankful to Saura Booking Agency for providing us with this opportunity and humbled by the very warm and professional reception of the concert producers and tour managers at C.H. Media. Thank you! 謝謝!