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Program coming together nicely, thank you very much,
12/07, 2010
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Lesa meira / Read moreA Sound Experience in cooperation with the Art Festival
5/05, 2010
An exciting Sound Experience including percussion master Marilyn Mazur with trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer and guitarist Eivind Aarset. Also on the bill singing sensation Sidsel Endresen and saxophonist Haakon Kornstad. At the Opera on May 14th 2010 at 20.00.
This event is a cooperative effort between the Reykjavik Art Festival and the Reykjavik Jazz Festival.
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Dagsetningar fyrir næstu Jazzhátíð staðfestar
24/03, 2010
Ákveðið hefur verið að Jazzhátíð Reykjavíkur 2010 fari fram dagana 14.-29. ágúst. Þegar er hafin vinna við dagskrá og verður hún kunngjörð í maí.
Lesa meira / Read moreReykjavik Big Band
29/01, 2010
The Reykjavik Big Band has been chosen to act as Reykjavik’s musical ensemble for 2010. This means the Big Band receives a substantial grant (ikr 2.000.000) toward the considerable costs of running a 20 piece orchestra. In the 18 years of the Big Band it has become one of the most important platforms of [...]
Lesa meira / Read moreGreat success!
12/09, 2009
The 20th Reykjavik Jazz Festival was a pleasure for us all. By the latest count we had 84 events, large and small. The estimated attendance is around 8000 and the atmosphere in Reykjavik during the festival was incredible. Many of the artists involved broke personal records. We have confirmed reports about a single artist taking [...]
Lesa meira / Read moreReykjavik Jazz Festival up to a flying start
16/08, 2009
There are no complaints. Full houses everywhere since the minister of culture and education Katrín Jakobsdóttir kicked of the festival Thursday 13th of August. Follow the festival with pictures at jazz.123.is
Lesa meira / Read moreJazzviðburðir á menningarnótt nálgast annan tuginn!
16/07, 2009
Menningarnótt lendir inni í miðri Jazzhátíð og verður að því tilefni efnt til viðamikillar dagskrár með islenskum og erlendum jazzleikurum um miðborgina. Hammondorgel reyna sig í átökum við kirkjuorgel, skipulögð jazzganga í Hafnarhúsi með fróðleik um jazzmúsík og lifandi tónlist, bókmenntir og jazz í Iðnó og margt fleira.
Lesa meira / Read moreJazz events on the Cultural night reach their twenties!
16/07, 2009
The annual Cultural Night of Reykjavik will fall in the middle of the Jazz Festival and we will present a huge program involving Icelandic and international artists all over the city center. Hammond organs teaming up with church organs, exhibition of jazz influenced art and a jazz-walk through the Reykjavik Art Museum as well as [...]
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