In conjunction with Art in Translation, International Conference on Language and the Arts and (I)ndependent People: Collaborations and Artist Initiatives, Reykjavík Arts Festival

contributes to the exhibition with the series of four hypnosis sessions, entitled The Financial Crisis, which operate as a kind of European subconscious from the basement of the Nordic House.

Learning Site – a group consisting of the artists Rikke Luther, Copenhagen/Berlin and Cecilia Wendt, Malmö – working with the writer Jaime Stapleton to create a contemporary scenography. They are a part of the group exhibition (i)ndependet People. 

The international seminar will, along with the exhibition at the National Gallery, serve as a historical core and common point of reference. Local trajectories of collaborative and artist-initiated practices from the region reaching over 40 years operate as a background to questions asked.

Participants include: Sara Arrhenius, Signal, Jon Proppe, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, Tinna Gretarsdottír, AMT, and is moderated by Markús þór Andrésson.

Liwen Huang is a Chinese classical pianist and piano accompanist, born in 1985. She studied piano performance with professor Erling R. Eriksen in Department of Music and Dance at Stavanger University in Norway, and graduated with Master Degree in 2009 and Postgraduate Diploma in 2010. Concert starts at 20.00 the 24th of May

The art works from the exhibition WALLS will be put up for auction in the Nordic House on February 25^th at 4pm. Andri Freyr Viðarsson, radio host,  presents and manages the auction and will also entertain guests. This is a special opportunity to get a contemporary art work from some of the best street artists in Iceland. The price range of the pieces is 20.000 – 160.000 ISK. Further information about the artists can be found here below or by contacting Rakel Sævarsdóttir, the owner of Muses.is.

Múlinn – Jazzclub

see the entertaining and diverse program at the Nordic House.

Concert ticket price 1500 ISK

 Concerts July 1 15.00.
The Chamber Club (Kammerklúbburinn) trains young musicians in the Reykjavik capital area in peforming a variety of chamber music in small orchestras. The Chamber Club was established in 2009 by teacher/musician Ewa Tosik with the support of a group of parents.  The members of the club, a group of 20 young people, age 12 to 20, are advanced students from several Reykjavik area music schools.

The young and upcoming band, Pascal Pinon, is publishing theire first album on the 22. november and to celebrate the release they will give a concert at the Nordic House.

This year it is Acoustic Airwaves at the Nordic House with all bands playing a special acoustic versions of their music. This is a super-intimate program and it is free! Special Screening of Sigur Ros's Documenteary Heima on SUnday the 18th.

Concerts with the acclaimed musician, Michala Petri. With her husband Lars Hannibal, Guitarist, she will play works by Bach and more.

This year The Nordic House pays extra attention to the younger
generation. Throughout the year there will be lots of varied programs and activities, directed especially towards children.

RIFF unites it all: Screenings at downtown venues of a wide range of fresh films from the international film scene, midnight movies, concerts and hip bars.

The Nordic House has been a part of riff.is from the beginning and this year we have put up a Cinema Bar in our exhibition hall downstairs. There you can listen to records, buy popcorn and red vine as well as hang out in our  sofas before the movie starts.