{"id":32930,"date":"2026-02-25T13:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?post_type=events&#038;p=32930"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:11:04","slug":"young-soloists-2026","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Soloists 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 27%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-lg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Young Soloists 2026<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Med_logoi_Skjahvila-1800x1013.png\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"meta-info-section\"  >\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"meta-info animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Date<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>24.April 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Time<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>19:30<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Location<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eldborg, Harpa, Austurbakka 2<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Calendar<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdown add-to-calendar-dropdown\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"dropdown-toggle event-dropdown\" type=\"button\" id=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Set in calendar<\/a> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"dropdown-menu\" aria-labelledby=\"dropdownMenuButton1\" data-popper-placement=\"bottom-start\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/calendar\/render?action=TEMPLATE&#038;text=Ungir einleikarar 2026&#038;dates=20260424T193000Z\/20260424T000000Z&#038;details=Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/&#038;location=Eldborg, Harpa, Austurbakka 2&#038;sprop=&#038;sprop=name:\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-google\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Google Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/%0ADTSTART:20260424T193000Z%0ADTEND:20260424T000000Z%0ASUMMARY:Ungir einleikarar 2026%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/%0ALOCATION:Eldborg, Harpa, Austurbakka 2%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-apple\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> iCal Calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"dropdown-item\" href=\"data:text\/calendar;charset=utf8,BEGIN:VCALENDAR%0AVERSION:2.0%0ABEGIN:VEVENT%0AURL:https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/%0ADTSTART:20260424T193000Z%0ADTEND:20260424T000000Z%0ASUMMARY:Ungir einleikarar 2026%0ADESCRIPTION:Sko\u00f0a n\u00e1nar https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/vidburdur\/ungir-einleikarar-2026\/%0ALOCATION:Eldborg, Harpa, Austurbakka 2%0AEND:VEVENT%0AEND:VCALENDAR\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-brands fa-microsoft\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Outlook calendar<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"lead-text-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container animation\">\n\t\t<p>Young soloists 2026 in Eldborg Harpa<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns lpb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Young soloists<\/strong> is a joint project of the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, where outstanding students have the opportunity to perform as soloists with the orchestra in Eldborg.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is an important part of the professional formation of young musicians and the winners of the competition get to deal with challenging soloist works in collaboration with a professional orchestra. This time the conductor is the Swiss conductor Baldur Br\u00f6nnimann, who is the main conductor and artistic director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Conservatory of Galicia in Spain. He places great emphasis on educational work and works regularly with young people; holds master classes and works with youth orchestras around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The concert will take place in Eldborg, Harpa, on Friday, April 24 at 19:30.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Contents file<\/strong><br \/>\nWA Mozart Vorrei spiegarvi, oh dio<br \/>\nLeonard Bernstein Glitter and be Gay from Candide<br \/>\nGiacomo Puccini Quando m'en vo from La Boh\u00e9me<br \/>\nFranz Leh\u00e1r Einer wird kommen from Der Zarewitsch<br \/>\nJacques Ibert Flute Concerto<br \/>\nAlexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82<br \/>\nGeorge Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soloists<\/strong><br \/>\nHalld\u00f3ra \u00d3sk Helgad\u00f3ttir, song<br \/>\nLilja H\u00e1konard\u00f3ttir, flute<br \/>\nMatthildur Traustad\u00f3ttir, violin<br \/>\nMariann R\u00e4hni, piano<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sinfonia.is\/tonleikar-og-midasala\/ungir-einleikarar-11\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">Ticket sales<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"347\"><strong data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"83\">Young Soloists<\/strong> is a collaborative project between the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iceland University of the Arts<\/span><\/span> and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iceland Symphony Orchestra<\/span><\/span>, in which outstanding students are given the opportunity to perform as soloists with the orchestra in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Eldborg<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"968\">The competition forms an important part of the professional development of young musicians. The winners are given the opportunity to perform demando represento repertoire in collaboration with a professional symphony orchestra. The conductor for this year's concert is the Swiss maestro <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Baldur Br\u00f6nnimann<\/span><\/span>, Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia and the Conservatory of Galicia in Spain. He places strong emotion on educational work and regularly collaborates with young musicians, giving masterclasses and working with youth orchestras internationally.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"968\">The concert will be held in Eldborg at Harpa Concert Hall on Friday, April 24 at 19:30.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"968\">The concert will be at Eldborg Harpa Friday April 24th at<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Program<br \/>\n<\/strong>WA Mozart <em>Vorrei spiegarvi, oh dio<\/em><br \/>\nLeonard Bernstein <em>Glitter and be Gay from Candide<\/em><br \/>\nGiacomo Puccini <em>Quando m'en vo from La Boh\u00e9me<\/em><br \/>\nFranz Leh\u00e1r<em> Einer wird kommen from Der Zarewitsch<\/em><br \/>\nJacques Ibert<em> Flute Concerto<\/em><br \/>\nAlexander Glazunov<em> Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 82<\/em><br \/>\nGeorge Gershwin<em> Piano Concerto in F Major<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soloists<br \/>\n<\/strong>Halld\u00f3ra \u00d3sk Helgad\u00f3ttir, singer<br \/>\nLilja H\u00e1konard\u00f3ttir, flute<br \/>\nMatthildur Traustad\u00f3ttir, violin<br \/>\nMariann R\u00e4hni, piano<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/en.sinfonia.is\/concerts-tickets\/young-soloists-4\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">Buy Ticket<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":33507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_departmens_cat":0,"wds_primary_global_cat":0,"wds_primary_events_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"departmens_cat":[123],"global_cat":[],"events_cat":[264],"class_list":["post-32930","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","departmens_cat-tonlistardeild","events_cat-tonleikar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/32930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32930"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/32930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33514,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/32930\/revisions\/33514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"departmens_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/departmens_cat?post=32930"},{"taxonomy":"global_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_cat?post=32930"},{"taxonomy":"events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events_cat?post=32930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}