Context is a lunchtime lecture series of the department of music of the Iceland University of the Arts where speakers present their projects, research and artistic creation in tone and speech. The series opens a discussion about music in a wide area context, from creative process to academia and the societal role of music.

The series includes both traditional lectures and lectures with musical performances (lecture recitals).

The lectures take place at noon Dynjanda at 12:15 and are open to everyone.

Context Autumn 2025
Program

  • september 5
    John McCowen - Composition & Improvisation: The works of John McCowen

  • september 19
    Vegar Vårdal, musician and Atli Freyr Hjaltason ethnologist - Jonas' dance songs

  • october 3rd
    Finn Karlsson composer - References //References

  • October 10th
    Duo Ingolfsson-Stoupel: Vladimir Stoupel pianist and Viola player Judith Ingolfsson - Entwined Legacies: The Kreutzer Sonata

  • October 17th
    Harpist Melissa Achten and cellist Ida Nørby - Robbery

  • 24 October
    Hekla Magnúsdóttir musician - Theremin and graphic notation/drawn in the air

  • november 7th
    Atli Ingólfsson professor of Composition - Nagging about text writing

  • november 14th
    Ensemble Adapter - Co-creation//Co-creation

  • november 21st
    Iulia Toma pianist & doctor - Musicians’ health

  • november 28
    Robert Ek, clarinetist - In Motion//hyperclarinet within embodied musicking systems

  • December 5th
    Rafael Adobas, Flutist - Lecture Recital