LHÍ at the Icelandic Music Awards 2026

Hanna Dóra Sturludóttir, director of the vocal program at the Faculty of Music at the Icelandic Institute of Music, received the award for singing of the year in the category classical and contemporary music.

Hanna Dóra has been one of our leading singers for years and has had a successful career in operas and concerts around the world. These days she is currently singing the role of Madame de Croissy in the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites after Frances Poulenc we Staatstheater Saarbrücken as well as serving as a director and teacher at the Music Department of the Icelandic Academy of Music.

The school's students also made a statement at the Icelandic Music Awards. Anna Thorvaldsdottir won an award for song and composition of the year in the category classical and contemporary music for the cello concerto Before we falland Aslak Ingvarsson along with Solveig Sigurðardóttir, as part of the performing arts group Ode, were chosen as performer of the year in the same category.

Benni Hemm Hemm received a double award for song of the year in the category pop music og text of the year for the song One of the flowers, written in collaboration with Páll Óskar. Then he received Króli award for song and composition of the year í hip-hop class for 10 THOUSAND which he wrote together with Emmsjé Gauta.

Sævar Johannsson won an award for album of the year í open category for Quiet Presence and Wolf Eldjárn í class film and theater music received an award for the work Where is Jon?

The success of this group reflects the strong and diverse work of the Icelandic Institute of Technology and the creative environment that has developed there.

We sincerely congratulate all award winners on their success and look forward to a bright future in music.