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11/5/2006

Reykjavi'k Arts Festival

Reykjavi'k Arts Festival, Reykjavik

T he 2006 Reykjavi'k Arts Festival, May 12 to June 2, will be the 20th since the festival’s inauguration in 1970. This year’s programme will consist of some 50 events with the participation of more than 500 artists, over 300 of them Icelanders and over 100 international visitors.

Music will be at the forefront of this year’s festival, with a special focus on the Icelandic cultural institutions which have from the beginning formed the backbone of the Arts Festival. These include the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, the Icelandic Opera, the National Theatre of Iceland, the City Theatre and the Icelandic Dance Company, all of which will be presenting exciting events at the festival. There will also be major concerts by the Reykjavi'k Chamber Orchestra and the Caput Ensemble.

Three operas This year’s highlights include the Icelandic premieres of three operas: the French work Le Pays, by composer Joseph-Guy Ropartz, will be performed in an innovative space in the courtyard at the Harbour House by the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and some of Iceland’s best-known singers, while over at the National Theatre a youthful cast from the Summer Opera company will premiere Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber. The third opera will be an entertaining baroque work performed by the wonderful I Fagiolini, one of the UK’s leading vocal ensembles, in collaboration with the Icelandic Opera.

Pinter Seminar As in the previous two years, since the festival became an annual event, the spotlight will be on one branch of the arts, but the other arts will also be celebrated. In addition to music, dance will occupy an important place with five different shows, while various cultural institutions linked to education and research will play a major role in the festival. These include the National Library, the National Museum, the City Library, the Reykjavi'k Museum of Photography, the University of Iceland and the Reykjavi'k Art Museum, which all have highly innovative projects on this year’s programme. Of particular interest at this festival are a number of conferences and courses attracting first-rate international speakers. These include the Pinter seminar at the National Theatre at which the keynote speaker will be one of the world’s foremost Pinter experts, Michael Billington; an introduction to prize-winning Nordic plays at the City Theatre; a conference organised by the Icelandic Music Information Centre at which composer Paul Hoffert will talk about music promotion on the internet, and a master class given by the British ensemble I Fagiolini at the Icelandic Opera.

Opening: 12 May 2006

Reykjavi'k Arts Festival
Laekjargata 3b - Reykjavik

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