Vegna fjölda áskorana
Hinir einu sönnu Sölvi Kolbeinsson, saxófónleikari og Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, slagverksleikari efna til snarstefjaðrar óvissuferðar í Mengi fimmtudagskvöldið 22. september klukkan 21. Súrt og sætt, gamalt og nýtt, þetta eru fjórðu tónleikar félaganna í Mengi en þá fyrstu héldu þeir sumarið 2015 fyrir troðfullu húsi og undirtektir voru frábærar.
Sölvi Kolbeinsson var nýverið kosin bjartasta vonin í flokki djass- og spunatónlistar á Íslensku tónlistarverðlaununum og hefur vakið verðskuldaða athygli fyrir einstakt músíkalítet. Magnús er einn af öflugustu tónlistarmönnum íslenskrar spunatónlistarsenu, hann er einn af meðlimum kvartettsins ADHD, er í hljómsveitunum Moses Hightower, amiinu og Kippa kanínusi og hefur spilað með fjölda annarra hljómsveita.
Tónleikarnir hefjast klukkan 21. Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
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Join the great musicians Sölvi Kolbeinsson, saxophones and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen, drums for an exciting improv concert at Mengi on Thursday, September 22nd at 9pm. This is their fourth duo concert at Mengi, their first concert held in the summer of 2015 to great acclaim.
Concert starts at 9pm. Tickets: 2000 ISK.
Hinn frábæri fiðluleikari Aisha Orazbayeva flytur tónlist fyrir einleiksfiðlu eftir Telemann, Luigi Nono og Salvatore Sciarrino. Tónleikarnir eru liðir í tónleikaferðalagi Aishu til að fylgja eftir nýrri hljómplötu með verkum fyrrgreindra tónskálda. Á tónleikunum í Mengi mun Una Sveinbjarnardóttir leika ásamt Aishu í verki Luigi Nono.
Efnisskrá:
-Salvatore Sciarrino: 6 Kaprísur fyrir einleiksfiðlu (1976)
-Luigi Nono: "Hay que caminar" soñando fyrir 2 fiðlur.
-G. P. Telemann : 6 fantasíur fyir einleiksfiðlu (1735)
Tónleikarnir hefjast kl. 21. Húsið verður opnað kl. 20. Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
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Concert with violinists Aisha Orazbayeva and Una Sveinbjarnardóttir.
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Program:
-Salvatore Sciarrino 6 Caprices for violin solo, (1976)
-Luigi Nono “Hay que caminar” soñando for two violins, (1989)
-G.P. Telemann 6 Fantasias for violin solo, 1735
Aisha Orazbayeva presents her latest album Telemann Fantasias performed using modern violin techniques alongside works by Salvatore Sciarrino and Luigi Nono.
Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767)
6 fantasias for violin solo
'Six of the twelve violin fantasias by German composer Georg Phillip Telemann, published in 1735. The performances range from personal and stylistic interpretations to versions marked by the distortion and fragmentation of the material through the use of contemporary violin techniques. The variety of extreme colours, sounds and tones illuminates the polyphonic character and phrasing of the music, while also adding unfamiliar and distant qualities. This approach to interpreting old repertoire reflects my work in improvisation and as a performer of new and experimental music.' (AO)
Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
“Hay que caminar” soñando for two violins
' "Caminante no hay caminos hay que caminar” (“travellers there are no paths, there is travelling”) - an inscription on the wall in a monastery in Toledo. The inscription inspired Luigi Nono’s late works which include “La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura” for violin and 8 magnetic tapes written for Gidon Kremer and “Hay Che Caminar” sonando for 2 violins written for Irvine Arditti and David Alberman. In both pieces performers wander across the room from one music stand to another, like stations on their journey.
To me both works explore the violin sound in a different and unexpected way - the shades of quietness and inaudibilty, sounds that merge into silence, never static and always moving.
It’s a journey through different states and sounds, a journey searching for the sound. It's a piece at the end of a century, at the end of a life where one is looking back to the very beginning, but imagining and thinking of the future at the same time. “Hay que caminar” sonando was Luigi Nono’s last work, he died in Venice on 8th of May 1990.' AO)
Salvatore Sciarrino (1947)
6 caprices for violin solo
'Salvatore Sciarrino wrote his Six Caprices for Salvatore Accardo. Accardo premiered the Six Caprices on August 27 1976 in the medieval Tuscan city of Siena. The violin had never sounded like that before. They are elusive, secretive pieces and sometimes pitched so high they can surpass human hearing. Sciarrino uses violin harmonics as a tool to create the perfect illusion – we see violin but we hear birds, flutes and wind passing through an old Tuscan castle. Trying to learn these pieces for the first time was like learning a new language. I had thought they were like Paganini caprices, but for a modern violin that only half-speaks. As Paganini caprices explored every aspect of the violin technique of their time, Sciarrino caprices explore the violin techniques of the 20th century, yet Sciarrino dresses them in traditional forms, with simple metres and rhythm.' (AO)
Aisha Orazbayeva is a Kazakh-born London-based violinist with an interest in filmmaking. She has released critically acclaimed solo albums on Nonclassical and PRAH recordings featuring her own compositions, and has performed internationally in venues such as New York’s Carnegie Hall. Recent releases include vinyl EP Seeping Through with Tim Etchells on PRAH and Scelsi's Duo vinyl EP for violin and cello on SN variations as well as the new Telemann Fantasias. Aisha regularly performs with ensembles Plus-Minus and Apartment House. Her music video for Leo Abrahams’ Steal Time single was recently premiered on Clash Music magazine.
When it was Blue (2008)
Skúli Sverrisson, tónskáld og bassaleikari flytur eigin tónlist við kvikmynd eftir Jennifer Reeves.
Frumsýnd og frumflutt í MoMA, Museum of Modern Art í New York, árið 2008.
Sýningartími er rúm klukkustund.
Hefst klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Kvikmynd Jennifer Reeves, When It Was Blue, með frumsaminni tónlist Skúla Sverrissonar, var frumsýnd og frumflutt í MoMA, Museum of Modern Art í New York, árið 2008. Um er að ræða eina metnaðarfyllstu kvikmynd Reeves þar sem saman fléttast myndskeið og upptökur af villtu landslagi og náttúrufari í Vancouver, Nevada, New York fylki, Costa Rica, Nýja Sjálandi og Íslandi. Kvikmynd Reeves er marglaga þar sem hún varpar handmáluðum sextán millimetra filmum ofan á og saman við kvikmyndaskeiðin svo úr verður afar áhrifaríkt myndmál þar sem mörgum sögum vindur fram samtímis. Óður til þess sem var og er, en er við það að hverfa, er einn af undirtextum kvikmyndarinnar sem hefur svo ótal skírskotanir í margar áttir eins og öll góð listaverk. Myndin verður sýnd með lifandi tónlistarflutningi Skúla í Whitney safninu í New York í janúar, 2017.
Kvikmyndagerðarkonan Jennifer Reeves (f. 1971 í Sri Lanka), sem búsett er í New York, þykir einn af áhugaverðari kvikmyndagerðarmönnum okkar tíma og var útnefnd sem slík í kvikmyndatímaritinu Cinema Scope vorið 2012. Hún hefur einkum og nær eingöngu unnið með sextán millimetra kvikmyndir þar sem hún meðhöndlar filmuna gjarnan eins og málarastriga, þar handmálar hún filmur sem skeytt er saman við kvikmyndatökur svo úr verður ljóðrænt og marglaga myndmál. Yrkisefni Reeves eru gjarnan nátengd innra sálarlífi manneskjunnar, minningum hennar og draumum í samtali við náttúruna og hið ytra líf.
Kvikmyndir Jennifer Reeves hafa verið sýndar á virtum kvikmyndahátíðum um heim allan, í Berlín, New York, Vancouver, London, Hong Kong og á Sundance-kvikmyndahátíðinni og fjölmörg smærri kvikmyndasöfn hafa boðið upp á endurlit á verkum hennar sem spanna nú um aldarfjórðung.
Hún hefur starfað með ótal tónlistarmönnum sem hafa samið tónlist við myndir hennar; má þar nefna Anthony Burr, Elliott Sharp, Zeenu Parkins, Marc Ribot, Eric Hoversten, Pitt Reeves, Hilmar Jensson og Dave Cerf auk Skúla Sverrissonar.
http://www.jenniferreevesfilm.com/
Skúli Sverrisson, bassaleikari og tónskáld hefur verið í framvarðarsveit íslenskra tónlistarmanna um langa hríð og hefur starfað með stórum hópi tónlistarmanna á borð við Terje Isungset, Eyvind Kang, Hilmar Jensson, Laurie Anderson, Blonde Redhead, Wadada Leo Smith, David Sylvian, Derek Bailey, Lou Reed, Jon Hassel, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hildi Guðnadóttur, Jim Black, Yungchen Lhamo, Óskar Guðjónsson og fleiri og fleiri. Nýjasta plata Skúla er Saumur, gefin út af Mengi, sem hefur að geyma tónlist Skúla, Hilmars Jenssonar og Arve Henriksen. Skúli Sverrisson er listrænn stjórnandi Mengis.
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Screening of When it was Blue by Jennifer Reeves with live performance of the original soundtrack by Skúli Sverrisson, composer and bass-player.
Premiered at MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2008.
Duration 65-68 minutes.
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
WHEN IT WAS BLUE rejoices the splendor of nature as the camera eye traverses land and sea in a montage of diverse ecosystems from the Americas to Iceland and New Zealand. Colorful organic textures and forms, inspired by qualities of the natural world, were created through an array of direct-on-film techniques. This abstract imagery is superimposed upon nature cinematography through double-projection, creating depth and merging the powerful intricacies of the natural world with an artist’s reverence for it all. Anxiety and loss are evoked as the camera hurries to “capture” the natural world on film before it vanishes.
Will be screened with live music from Skúli Sverrisson at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in January, 2017.
AWARDS
2009 Ann Arbor Film Festival Audience Award.
Jennifer Reeves (b. 1971, Sri Lanka) is a New York-based filmmaker working primarily on 16mm film. Reeves was named one of the “Best 50 Filmmakers Under 50” in the film journal Cinema Scope in the spring of 2012. Her films have shown extensively, from the Berlin, New York, Vancouver, London, Sundance, and Hong Kong Film Festivals to many Microcinemas in the US and Canada, the Robert Flaherty Seminar, and the Museum of Modern Art. Full multiple-screening retrospectives of her work have been held in recent years at Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Anthology Film Archives in New York, and San Francisco Cinematheque.
Reeves has made experimental films since 1990. She does her own writing, cinematography, editing, and sound design. Her subjective and personal films push the boundaries of film through optical-printing and direct-on-film techniques. Reeves has consistently explored themes of memory, mental health and recovery, feminism and sexuality, landscape, wildlife, and politics from many different angles.
Since 2003 Reeves has collaborated with some of the finest composer/ musicians today, including Anthony Burr, Skúli Sverrisson, Elliott Sharp, Zeena Parkins, Marc Ribot, Erik Hoversten, Pitt Reeves, Hilmar Jensson, and Dave Cerf. As the daughter of a trumpeter, gravitating toward film and music collaborations was quite natural for Reeves. Her most ambitious film and music performance, the feature-length double-projection WHEN IT WAS BLUE (2008), premiered at Toronto International Film Festival with live music by composer/collaborator Skúli Sverrisson.
Reeves has also made a number of experimental narratives, most notably her highly acclaimed feature THE TIME WE KILLED. The Village Voice Film Critic’s poll (2005) honored THE TIME WE KILLED with votes from six film critics for categories including: Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Performance.
Currently, her 2014 film COLOR NEUTRAL has been making the rounds of the international film circuit. A new collaboration with Composer/Performer Marc Ribot premiered at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York in August 2015. Ribot and Ikue Mori perform a live score to Reeves' SHADOWS CHOOSE THEIR HORRORS, LANDFILL 16, and HE WALKED AWAY. Marc Ribot performed his original score to the program of Reeves' films at DIA: DETROIT for their Day of the Dead Celebration in 2015.
Reeves is presently working on a new film for which she has been awarded the 2016 Princess Grace Awards Special Project grant.
http://www.jenniferreevesfilm.com/
Over the past two decades, bass guitarist-composer Skuli Sverrisson has worked with a veritable who’s who of the experimental world, from free jazz legends (Wadada Leo Smith, Derek Bailey) to music icons (Lou Reed, Jon Hassel, David Sylvian, Arto Lindsey) and composers (Ryuichi Sakamoto, Johann Johannsson and Hildur Gudnadottir). Sverrisson is also known for his work as an artistic director for Olöf Arnalds (Innundir Skinni, Vid og Vid), recordings with Blonde Redhead and as a musical director for legendary performance artist Laurie Anderson. He has released a series of duo albums in collaboration with artists such as Anthony Burr, Óskar Guðjónsson and Hilmar Jensson. He has been a member of many influential groups, including Pachora, Alas No Axis, The Allan Holdsworth group and The Ben Monder group.
Sverrisson has also composed music for The Icelandic Dance Company (Open Source), the National Theatre of Iceland (Volva) and numerous films and installations such as Welcome and Music for furniture with Olafur Thordason, Spatial Meditation with Claudia Hill and When it was Blue with experimental film maker Jennifer Reeves. Sverrisson founded Seria, an ongoing ensemble featuring Amedeo Pace (Blonde Redhead), Ólöf Arnalds, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Anthony Burr, Eyvind Kang and Hildur Guðnadottir in 2005 and released Seria in 2006 and Seria ll in 2010.
He has appeared on over 100 recordings and has performed around the world with a wide range of artists. Three new recordings of the ongoing collaboration with Anthony Burr and a new duo recording with Oskar Gudjonsson. Sverrisson has been awarded 5 Icelandic Music Awards, including Icelandic Album of the Year for Seria in 2006.
He has worked with numerous musicians and groups, including Hildur Guðnadóttir, Hilmar Jensson, Jim Black, Chris Speed, Anthony Burr, Laurie Anderson, Allan Holdsworth, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Blonde Redhead, Yungchen Lhamo, Jamshied Sharifi, Ólöf Arnalds, Pachora, and Alas No Axis. He was a part of Mo Boma with Jamshied Sharifi and Carsten Tiedemann, releasing 4 albums on Extreme; "Jijimuge", "Myths of the Near Future - Part One", "Myths of the Near Future - Part Two" and "Myths of the Near Future - Part Three".
Sverrisson also plays dobro, acoustic bass guitar, and charango, in addition to electric bass. He is the artistic director of Mengi.
"When it was Blue is a nature film. Actually it is two films twice. A nature film and a structural film consisting of two rolls each. In a 16mm double projection they are superimposed over one another while the soundtrack is performed live by Icelandic musician Skúli Sverrisson. “Without you I could be nothing” – this line taken from a song by the Great Lake Swimmers describes how the hand processed and hand painted images relate to one another: Separately they wouldn’t be anything (which also holds a promise), their connection is not linear but visceral. When they are projected on top of each other, the space that is created between them is infinite: Through the movement of water, fire, animals, plants and clouds in combination with the traces and colors on the film material, each frame brings forth innumerable points of friction and contact which can never be reproduced and thus a feeling of nostalgia is created. Framings and sight lines are hinted at and dismissed while they are both promising and speculative – similar to the way textbook illustrations of planetary constellations evoke scientific notions but playful ones as well. We perceive the screen as a skin, the largest organ of the body."
Tónleikar með spænska myndlistarmanninum, tónskáldinu, flytjandanum og spunatónlistarmanninum Héctor Rey.
Hefjast klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
Líkt og margir listamenn samtímans vinnur spænski listamaðurinn Héctor Rey þvert á miðla og finnur list sinn farveg í því formi sem henta hverju sinni. Hann hefur sýnt víða sem myndlistarmaður og sem tónlistarmaður vinnur hann sem tónskáld, spunatónlistarmaður og túlkandi tónlistar eftir aðra samtímahöfunda.
Héctor Rey hefur haft aðsetur á Seyðisfirði undanfarnar vikur og lýkur Íslandsdvöl sinni með tónleikum í Mengi þar sem hann flytur eigin tónlist fyrir munnhörpu og bassaconcertínu (afbrigði harmonikkunnar) en eitt verkanna er innblásið af rímnakveðskap Sveinbjörns Beinteinssonar.
https://soundcloud.com/hectorrey
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A concert with the Spanish artist, musician, composer and improviser Héctor Rey.
Starts at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Héctor Rey works in the fields of visual art and music: both as an improviser, composer and performer of his own pieces and other composers' work. His visual work has been exhibited in galleries and art spaces along the USA, Finland, Spain and elsewhere (SVA, Galleria Atski, Montehermoso Kulturunea, Windsor Kulturgintza). He has been awarded with several grants in institutions like Aalto University (Helsinki) and artist residencies in centers like the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
As a musician, he has played in festivals and venues throughout the USA, Mexico, Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Spain, Germany and elsewhere, including Labor Sonor, Personal-Collective, Quiet Cue, Altes Finanzamt, Dzialdov Gallery, Studio 8, Suomesta Galleria, Friv Move Zamek, In Sonora, Musica Ex-Machina, Zarata Fest, IBA concert Series, ¡Escucha! concert series, Skolska 28, Myymälä 2, Dom Umeni, Maticni Dum, Data, Le Caméléon, Jazar, Undermount, Arteleku and Larraskito to name just a few, working solo and performing regularly with others, holding long-lasting projects with musicians like Miguel A. García, Rishin Singh, Lali Barrière, Sarah Rasines, Andrew Fedorovitch, and having collaborated with many others like Seijiro Murayama, Birgit Ulher, Ilia Belorukov, Alex Brück, Aimée Theriot, Santiago Astaburuaga, Xavier Lopez, Daichi Yoshikawa, Felipe Araya, Piotr Tkacz, Patryk Lichota, Konrad Chyl, Hubert Wińczyk, Lauri Hyvärinen, Alexander Markvart, Andrew Fedorovitch, Oier Iruretagoiena, Shu Lea Cheang, Dominique Starck, Marianela León, Przemyslaw Kamiński, Agnieszka Kryst, Katarzyna Górczynska, Marta Romaszkan and many more.
He has performed his own repertoire as well as that of composers such as Bill Dietz, Michael Pisaro, Taku Sugimoto, Eva-Maria Houben, Antoine Beuger, Stefan Thut, Manfred Werder or Ferran Fages. His own pieces have been premiered by soloists and ensembles such as maDam or Miguel A. García, and his works have been published by record labels from Spain, Russia, Sweden and Finland.
https://soundcloud.com/hectorrey
Arnljótur hefur verið iðinn við kolann í tónlistarsenu Reykjavíkur um árabil og hefur komið fram í ýmsum formum. Hann er einn prímusmótorinn í hljómsveitinni Ojba Rasta auk þess sem hann leggur öðrum tónlistarmönnum lið í öðrum verkefnum á ýmis hljóðfæri (Sin Fang, Skúli Sverrisson, Teitur Magnússon, Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band o.fl.). Á börum borgarinnar er hægt að finna hann í plötuþeytingum sem hann gerir undir nafninu Krystal Carma.
Þegar hann byrjaði að stunda myndlist opnaðist samtímis gátt inn í heim raftónlistarinnar. Undir sínu eigin nafni hefur hann gefið út plöturnar Listauki (2008), Línur (2014), Til Einskis (2015) og Úð (2015). Arnljótur maríneraði sig í þýsku raftónlistarsenu áttunda áratugarins, Kraftwerk, Cluster, Tangerine Dream og fleiru, en innanlands hefur hann sótt innblástur í Inferno 5 og Evil Madness. Á þessum tónleikum mun Arnljótur spila nýja raftónlist sem hann hefur unnið að undanfarið. Þar kveður við nýjan tón, þéttari og þyngri, hraðari og harðari, jafnvel dansvænan!
Aðgangseyrir 2000 kr
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A hard working musician of Reykjavík's scene, band leader (Ojba Rasta), multi-instrumentalist, collaborator and session musician (Sin Fang, Skúli Sverrisson's Sería, Teitur Magnússon ), downtown DJ and more, Arnljótur's solo amalgamation comes in the form of electronic music. His ouvre involves pulsing ambient prolonged jams with the fresh wind of his traverse flute. When asked, he replies: " As I started my dive into the field of electronic music, I almost exclusively listened to Germany's kosmische musik of the 70's. In retrospect, it was so inspiring I subconsciously made my own version of that music."
Never repeating himself, Arnljótur performs a different set each time. His latest albums were all recorded live, with no overdubbing or studio mixing, giving an opportunity for the "moment" to happen.
"People can expect that what they hear on my concert might end up on the next album. I like to record two track straight from my mixer. I exclude computers from my electronic music-making and run everything from my equipment of sequencers and synths. If a computer is used it is only for mastering and that kind. I have a hard time working live with computers and screens."
Admission 2000 ISK
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Hin stórkostlega raddlistakona Marcela Lucatelli, sem er einn gesta á Norrænum músíkdögum sem fram fara í Hörpu dagana 29. september til 1. október, kemur fram í Mengi sunnudagskvöldið 2. október klukkan 21 ásamt Báru Gísladóttur, tónskáldi og kontrabassaleikara og Frank Aarnink á slagverk.
Raddsvið Marcelu og tjáningarmáti er magnaður þar sem hún öskrar og ýlfrar, hvíslar og pískrar en hún vinnur hvort tveggja sem tónskáld og raddlistakona og hefur tekið þátt í fjölmörgum tónlistar- og sviðslistaverkum á undanförnum árum.
Marcela er annar helmingur dúettsins OBREM ásamt samlanda sínum, hinum brasilíska Felipe Zenícola. OBREM hefur boðið listamönnum víða um heim á stefnumót þar sem opnað er fyrir óvæntan og expressívan spuna.
Á tónleikum í Mengi mun Marcela bjóða kontrabassaleikaranum Báru Gísladóttur og slagverksleikaranum Frank Aarnink til liðs við sig. Þetta verður magnað!
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
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A concert with Marcela Lucatelli, Bára Gísladóttir and Frank Aarnink. Starts at 9pm. Tickets: 2000 ISK
OBREM would like to propose Mengi a musical outburst emerging from an Icelandic-Brazilian meeting of wildernesses through immediate music. OBREM was created by a Brazilian exponent of new, improvisational music, the composer, vocalist and performance artist Marcela Lucatelli. The concept motivating OBREM is based on touring across the world and inviting local, outstanding artists to create unique, extreme sound experiences for unprepared audiences.
For this presentation in Reykjavik, OBREM will be Marcela Lucatelli on vocals, electronics and objects, the prominent Icelandic composer based in Denmark Bára Gísladóttir on double bass and the Icelandic virtuoso percussionist from Icelandic Symphonie Orchestra Frank Aarnink on percussion.
More info on Marcela Lucatelli
With the composer, vocalist and performance artist Marcela Lucatelli there is always asurprise awaiting. Her works are often intense, beautifully confusing, psychedelic and
wild.'
Born in Brazil and based in Denmark, Marcela Lucatelli's practice comes forth through a postmedia approach to the instant of creation, shaped by social and micropolitical emergencies in the encounter with the other in the making. As a composer, she is interested in revealing disturbing connections between music and culture, focusing on the performative approach to listening and producing sound. Furthermore, in her work she is constantly looking for surplus of thought and new structures for collaboration.
Her pieces have been performed by some of the most edgy ensembles in the world such as Apartment House, Mocrep, Hidden Mother and herself, at diverse festivals andinternational events such as FILE - Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica (Brazil), Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik (Germany), UNM - Young Nordic Music Festival (Sweden), Nordic Music Days (Denmark), Waverly Festival NYU
(EUA), among others.
She has concluded her formal studies in composition and inter-aesthetic arrangements at the Danish National Academy of Music and the Danish National School of Performing Arts.
More at marcelalucatelli.co.
Gjörningakvöld í Mengi fyrsta mánudag hvers mánaðar.
Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20:00. Veislan hefst klukkan 21.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
Gjörninga eiga Sigurður Ámundason, Anna Fríða Jónsdóttir, Benjamin Hartman og Ragnheiður Sigurðardóttir.
Nánar um kvöldin:
Ofar mannlegum hvötum eru samkomur sem tileinkaðar eru hinum heilaga villimanni. Hópur listamanna hefur ákveðið að sýna verk sín. Samkomurnar eiga sér stað á eyju, þangað sem allt þarf að ferðast í umbúðum og í ljósi þessa verður ekki tilkynnt um hvenær einstakir listamenn varpa sínu fram. Matarborðið svignar undan kræsingum, heilögum og frá fjarlægum löndum, exótískum og svalandi. Hér er um að ræða veislur sem koma á óvart og enga vissu að fá.
Átök eiga sér stað á milli hæða.
Óhæfa í verki listamanns, afmennskun listamanns svo úr verður tómleiki sveipaður villidýrsham.
Manneskjan, bátur á floti; hluti hennar blæs út með lofti ofan borðs en kjölurinn sekkur í faðm vatnsins.
Við getum ekki verið það sem við eigum og átt það sem við erum. Tenging verður að vera á milli hæða svo að verði heilög eining.
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A night dedicated to visual performances, held at Mengi on the first Monday evening of every month.
Performing this evening: Sigurður Ámundason, Anna Fríða Jónsdóttir, Benjamin Hartman og Ragnheiður Sigurðardóttir.
Curated by visual artists Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Bryndís Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir, Eva Ísleifs, Ingibjörg Magnadóttir & Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir.
House opens at 8pm. Event starts at 9pm.
Entrance: 2000 ISK
Fimmtudaginn 6. október koma þrjár nýjar bækur út í seríu Meðgönguljóða, bókaflokki Partusar helguðum nýjabruminu í íslenskri ljóðlist.
„Skýjafar“ – Jóna Kristjana Hólmgeirsdóttir
„Vertu heima á þriðjudag“ – Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson
„Hamingjan leit við og beit mig“ – Elín Edda Þorsteinsdóttir
Útgáfunni verður fagnað í Mengi við Óðinsgötu 2 í miðbæ Reykjavíkur kl. 20:00. 2.000 krónur inn en með greiddum aðgangseyri fylgir ljóðabók að eigin vali. Allir velkomnir!
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A celebration and presentation of three new poetry books by Jóna Kristjana Hólmgeirsdóttir, Bergur Ebbi, and Elín Edda, published by Partus Press.
At Mengi on Thursday, October 6th 2016.
Starts at 8pm.
Entrance fee: 2000 ISK. A book of one's choice included in the ticket price.
Tónleikar með Óskari Guðjónssyni, saxófónleikara og Skúla Sverrissyni bassaleikara.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Samstarf Óskars Guðjónssonar og Skúla Sverrissonar á sér langa sögu og hefur meðal annars gefið af sér tvær stórgóðar plötur, Eftir þögn (After Silence) sem kom út árið 2002 og The Box Tree sem Mengi gaf út árið 2012 en fyrir þá plötu hlutu þeir Óskar og Skúli Íslensku tónlistarverðlaunin fyrir bestu djassplötu ársins 2012. Á tónleikum í Mengi föstudagskvöldið 7. október stíga tónlistarmennirnir á svið en viku síðar koma þeir fram í Felleshus, sameiginlegu viðburðarými Norrænu sendiráðanna í Berlín þar sem þeir koma fram á opnunartónleikum á sýningunni Mengi (berlin) sem verður opnuð 14. október 2016 og stendur yfir til 11. janúar 2017. Sýningin er haldin í samstarfi við Sendiráð Íslands í Berlín þar sem listaverk eftir Orra Jónsson, Ingu Birgisdóttur, Söru Riel og dj. flugvél og geimskip sem tengjast sögu og útgáfustarfi Mengis verða sýnd auk þess sem haldnir verða listviðburðir yfir þessa þrjá mánuði sem sýningin stendur yfir þar sem fram koma amiina, Kriðpleir leikhópur, Hilmar Jensson, Arve Henriksen, Ólöf Arnalds, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nordic Affect, Indriði, JFKD og fleiri.
"If you put Stan Getz in an echo chamber, playing at the quietest volume possible, his breath audibly escaping around the reed, alongside someone playing a semi-acoustic bass with baroque-guitar technique, you’d get something roughly like “The Box Tree”, a gorgeous record of duets between two Icelandic musicians, the bassist Skuli Sverrisson and the tenor saxophonist Oskar Gudjonsson. The 10 pieces on the album are studies in melodic ebb and flow at even projection. They’re not improvised pieces; they’re well-charted with sweet melodies. Because it doesn’t sound like much else, it can carve out a privileged space for you pretty quickly. It’s a pulse-settler and an order-restorer: It could be the last thing you listen to before you go to bed, or something to lead you into sleep. "
Ben Ratliff. The New York Times. May 10, 2013
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A concert with two fantastic musicians from the Icelandic jazz and improv scene, Óskar Guðjónsson on saxophone and Skúli Sverrisson on bass. Their collaboration started years ago with two fantastic duo albums, After Silence (2002) and The Box Tree (2012). Their concert at Mengi takes place a week before the opening of the exhibition Mengi (berlin) at Felleshus, Berlin, an exhibition held in collaboration with the Icelandic Embassy in Berlin. Opening on October 14 2016 it will continue until January 11, 2017, with an exhibition of art work from Mengi label and space as well as events with some of Iceland's most interesting artists such as amiina, dj. flugvél og geimskip, Ólöf Arnalds, Nordic Affect, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Hilmar Jensson, Kriðpleir Theatre Group and more.
"If you put Stan Getz in an echo chamber, playing at the quietest volume possible, his breath audibly escaping around the reed, alongside someone playing a semi-acoustic bass with baroque-guitar technique, you’d get something roughly like “The Box Tree”, a gorgeous record of duets between two Icelandic musicians, the bassist Skuli Sverrisson and the tenor saxophonist Oskar Gudjonsson. The 10 pieces on the album are studies in melodic ebb and flow at even projection. They’re not improvised pieces; they’re well-charted with sweet melodies. Because it doesn’t sound like much else, it can carve out a privileged space for you pretty quickly. It’s a pulse-settler and an order-restorer: It could be the last thing you listen to before you go to bed, or something to lead you into sleep. "
Ben Ratliff. The New York Times. May 10, 2013
House opens at 8pm. Concert starts at 9pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
More info on Mengi (berlin)
https://www.facebook.com/mengiberlin/?fref=ts
Tónleikar með Ólöf Arnalds, lagahöfundi og söngkonu.
Með henni kemur fram Skúli Sverrisson, bassaleikari.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Ólöf Arnalds, lagahöfundur, söngkona og þúsundþjalasmiður, hefur um árabil skipað sér í röð áhugaverðustu tónlistarmanna Íslands. Hún hefur sent frá sér rómaðar sólóplötur: Við og við (2009); Innundir skinni (2010), Ólöf Sings (2011), Sudden Elevation (2013) og Palme (2014). Í vinnslu er ný plata Ólafar sem kemur út á næsta ári, 2017.
Á tónleikum í Mengi, laugardagskvöldið 8. október, kemur Ólöf fram og flytur eigin lög ásamt Skúla Sverrissyni. Tónleikarnir mynda nokkurs konar upptakt að tónleikum Ólafar í Felleshus, sameiginlegu viðburðarými Norrænu sendiráðanna í Berlín þar sem hún kemur fram á opnunartónleikum á sýningunni Mengi (berlin) sem verður opnuð 14. október 2016 og stendur yfir til 11. janúar 2017. Sýningin er haldin í samstarfi við Sendiráð Íslands í Berlín þar sem listaverk eftir Orra Jónsson, Ingu Birgisdóttur, Söru Riel og dj. flugvél og geimskip sem tengjast sögu og útgáfustarfi Mengis verða sýnd auk þess sem haldnir verða listviðburðir yfir þessa þrjá mánuði sem sýningin stendur yfir þar sem fram koma Skúli Sverrisson, Óskar Guðjónsson, Ólöf ARnalds, amiina, Kriðpleir leikhópur, Hilmar Jensson, Arve Henriksen,Hildur Guðnadóttir, Nordic Affect, Indriði, JFKD og fleiri.
Nánari upplýsingar um sýninguna Mengi (berlin)
https://www.facebook.com/mengiberlin/?fref=ts
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Ólöf Arnalds and Skúli Sverrisson invite us for an intimate concert at Mengi, performing their own music as well as some curiosities from all around. Start at 9pm. House opens at 9pm. Tickets: 2000 ISK.
Ólöf Arnalds is an Icelandic singer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically educated on the violin, viola and self-taught on guitar and charango, Ólöf’s most distinctive asset is, nonetheless, her voice. A voice of instantly captivating, spring water chasteness possessed of a magical, otherworldly quality that is simultaneously innocent yet ancient (“somewhere between a child and an old woman” according to no less an authority than Björk).
Ólöf's concert takes place a week before the opening of the exhibition Mengi (berlin) at Felleshus, Berlin, an exhibition held in collaboration with the Icelandic Embassy in Berlin. Opening on October 14 2016. it will continue until January 11, 2017, with an exhibition of art work from Mengi label and space as well as events with some of Iceland's most interesting artists such as amiina, dj. flugvél og geimskip, Ólöf Arnalds, Nordic Affect, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Hilmar Jensson, Kriðpleir Theatre Group, Inga Birgisdóttir, Orri Jónsson, Sara Riel and more.
House opens at 8pm. Concert starts at 9pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
More info on Mengi (berlin)
https://www.facebook.com/mengiberlin/?fref=ts
Tónleikar með tónlistarkonunni Gyðu Valtýsdóttur sem flytur eigin lög og ljóð. Sérstakur gestur: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir. Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað kl. 20. Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Gyða Valtýsdóttir hóf tónlistarferilinn á táningsaldri með hljómsveitinni múm. Hún yfirgaf sveitina til að einbeita sér að klassísku tónlistarnámi og lærði meðal annars í Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory í St. Pétursborg og Hochschule für Music í Basel, þar sem hún lauk meistaranámi í sellóleik hjá Thomas Demenga og frjálsum spuna hjá Walter Fähndrich. Hún leikur reglulega með Shahzad Ismaily, Josephine Foster, Julian Sartorius, Colin Stetson og múm og hefur unnið með fjölda annarra listamanna í gegnum árin, m.a. Ben Frost, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Efterklang, Dustin O’Halloran, Ragnari Kjartanssyni, Hilmari Jenssyni, Skúla Sverrissyni, Damien Rice og fleirum.
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A concert with Gyða Valtýsdóttir. Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm. Tickets: 2000 ISK.
Gyða Valtýsdóttir is a polychromatic performer, trained and untamed classically. She started in her early teens as one of the founding members of the dream-pop group múm but left the band to pursue her studies. She found her way through the labyrinth of higher education, double mastering from Hochschule für Musik, Basel, where her main teachers were Thomas Demenga and Walter Fähndrich. She moves vividly between music realms, composing, performing and recording with various musician & artists such as Shahzad Ismaily, Josephine Foster, Julian Sartorius, Colin Stetson, múm, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Efterklang, Guy Maddin, Ragnar Kjartansson, Damien Rice and many others.
Tónleikar með Sick Llama og Sigtryggi Berg Sigmarssyni.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Sick Llama er eitt af hliðarsjálfum hins bandaríska tónlistarmanns Heath Moerland sem einnig kemur fram undir nafninu Barf Thoth. Fæddur árið 1977 og búsettur í Detroit sem er fræg fyrir ólgandi tilraunamennsku á sviði tónlistar.
Heath Moerland, öðru nafni Sick Llama, gefur engan afslátt þegar kemur að því að leita nýrra leiða í tónlist, í músík hans má greina alls kyns ólíkar stefnur og strauma, pönk og djass, musique concrete, drón og sveimtónilst svo eitthvað sé nefnt en hljóðabanki hans samandstendur af segulböndum, orgeli, hljóðgervlum, klarínetti og raunar hverju sem til fellur, tónlistin fetar fína línu á milli spuna og fyrirfram saminnar tónlistar.
Sick Llama hefur komið fram á hundruðum tónleika í Evrópu, Bandaríkjunum, Mexíkó og Kanada og sent frá sér fjölda platna. Hann heldur úti útgáfufyrirtækinu Fag Tapes sem hefur gefið út ríflega fjögur hundruð plötur/kasettur.
Þetta er í fyrsta sinn sem Sick Llama kemur fram í Mengi. VIð hlökkum til að taka á móti honum.
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Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson er myndlistar- og hljóðlistamaður og hefur ásamt Helga Þórssyni verið meðlimur Stilluppsteypu frá því hljómsveitin var stofnuð árið 1990 og hefur síðan verið í framvarðarsveit íslenskrar raftónlistar- og tilraunasenu, gefið út fjölda platna og komið víða fram.
Sigtryggur nam hljóðlist við Konunglegu konservatoríuna í Den Haag í Hollandi og við Fachhochschule í Hannover, Þýskalandi, á árunum 1998 til 2004. Hann hefur auk starfa innan vébanda Stilluppsteypu gefið út nokkrar sólóplötur hjá útgáfufyrirtækjunum Trente Oiseaux, ERS, Helen Scarsdale Agency, Fire Inc. og Bottrop-Boy. Hann er einnig meðlimur rafhljómsveitarinnar Evil Madness og hefur sýnt og komið víða fram sem myndlistarmaður þar sem hann vinnur með teikningar, málverk og gjörninga.
Síðustu ár hafa verið einkar gjöful á ferli listamannsins Sigtryggs sem hefur frá árinu 2013 sent frá sér á annan tug platna, geisladiska og kasetta; þar má finna samstarfsverkefni Sigtryggs við BJ Nilsen, Almar Stein Atlason, Tom Smith & Franz Graf auk fjölda sólóplatna.
http://www.trampolinegallery.com/#!wazig-zien/ajmsn
http://icelandicartcenter.is/people/artists/sigtryggur-berg-sigmarsson/
Interviews:
http://pitchfork.com/features/the-out-door/9607-the-abstract-math-of-experimental-duos/3/
http://icelandicartcenter.is/blog/interview-with-sigtryggur-berg-sigmarsson
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Concert with Sick Llama (US) and Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson (IS).
Start at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK.
Sick Llama is Heath Moerland (also Barf Thoth). Born in 1977 and based in the experimental hub Detroit, Heath uses tapes, organ, synth, clarinet, and whatever else is laying around to balance a fine line between composition and improvisation. Musique concrete, process theory, modal jazz, drone, punk aesthetics and free approach to music. The first recordings were released in 2003 sparking off hundreds of releases and hundreds of performances throughout Europe, USA, Mexico and Canada. Sick Llama also runs the music/art label Fag Tapes which has issued over 400 releases.
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Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson (b. 1977) is an Icelandic musician and sound artist, founding member of Stilluppsteypa. Sigmarrson was born in Akureyri, Iceland and studied sound art at the Fachhochschule in Hannover, Germany from 1998 to 2003.
Apart from being a member of Stilluppsteypa, he released a number of solo albums in early 2000s on such labels as Trente Oiseaux, ERS, Helen Scarsdale Agency, Fire Inc. and Bottrop-Boy. He is also a member of 'laptop orchestra' Evil Madness.
After a long break in solo career, Sigtryggur started releasing solo records again in 2013, and already published over a dozen of albums on CDr, cassettes and LP, mostly for a reanimated Some (2) label (used to be a sub-label on defunct Fire Inc., now operating separately). Among new albums there are also collaborations with BJNilsen, Franz Graf, Tom Smith (2) from USA and Malneirophrenia trio in Iceland.
Tónleikar með tónlist eftir Jesper Pedersen. Fram koma auk tónskáldsins þau Katie Buckley á hörpu og Frank Aarnink á slagverk.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Jesper Pedersen fæddist 1976 í Friðrikshöfn í Danmörku. Hann er með meistaragráðu í tónlist frá Álaborgarháskóla.
Í verkum sínum kannar Jesper hljóð, myndefni, viðbrögð, árangur, tækni og rauntíma nótnaskrift.
Verk hans hafa verið flutt af Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands, Ensemble Adapter, Duo Harpverk, Fengjastrúti, Katie Buckley, Tinnu Þorsteinsdóttur, Frank Aarnink, Áshildi Haraldsdóttur o.fl. á hátíðum eins og: Tectonics Festival, Nordlichter Biennale, Spor Festival, Summartónar, RAFLOSTi, GEIGER, Sláturtíð, Myrkum músíkdögum og Norrænum músíkdögum.
Jesper er nú búsettur á Íslandi og er virkur í SLÁTUR, Lornalab o.fl. Jesper kennir tónlist við Listaháskóla Íslands og Tónlistarskólann í Kópavogi.
"Í tilefni fertugsafmælis míns býð ég ykkur í mikilli auðmýkt til tónleika í Mengi þann 21. október næstkomandi. Hlátrasköll, kærleikur og ég, í allri minni skeggjuðu dýrð. Komið og hlustið á Katie Buckley, Frank Aarnink og undirritaðan flytja tónlist; og hver veit nema fleiri leynigestir skjóti upp kollinum." -JP
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A concert with Jesper Pedersen. Special guests: Katie Buckley on harp and Frank Aarnink on percussion.
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
"On the occasion of my 40th birthday, I humbly invite you to enjoy a concert of my music in Mengi October 21. There will be laughs, there will be deep breaths of loveliness, and there will be me in all of my bearded glory, turning 40. Come and hear Katie Buckley, Frank Aarnink and myself performing with the possibility of other secret friends joining in on the fun." -JP
Jesper Pedersen is a composer, performer and educator living in Reykjavik.
Coming from a background in electronic music Jesper has been creating works that mixes digital technology and acoustic musical instruments through the use of real time animated notation, generative composition and improvisation. He has written for orchestra, ensemble and solo as well as electroacoustic works, sound art and installations and his music has been performed in 14 countries. His recent works are profoundly ambient in nature and many of his works emphasizes the visual aspect of the performance as much as the audible.
Jesper performs on various electronic and acoustic instruments including home built modular synthesizers and the theremin. He is a part of the composers collective S.L.Á.T.U.R.
www.slatur.is/jesper
www.soundcloud.com/jespertralala
Rafklarínetta Ameríku:
Christy Banks býður gesti hjartanlega velkomna á sína fyrstu tónleika í Mengi. Hún mun flytja verk fyrir klarínett og hljóðgevla eftir bandarísku tónskáldin Rusty Banks, Richard Belcastro, Phillip Bimstein, Sarah Horick, Steve Reich og Zach Zubow.
Christy Banks er klarínettuleikari og dósent í tónlistarfræðum og aðstoðar-stjórnarformaður við tónlistardeild Millersville Háskólans í Pennsylvaníu í Bandaríkjunum. Hún er einkar hugfangin af samtímatónlist og leikur með NakedEye Ensemble og Spatial Forces Dúó. Hún hefur komið fram vítt og breitt um Bandaríkin, Kína, Ítalíu, Noregi og á Nýja Sjálandi.
Húsið opnar kl. 20. Tónleikarnir hefjast kl. 21. Miðaverð er 2.000 kr.
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The Electro-American Clarinet:
Works for clarinet and electronics by American Composers Rusty Banks, Richard Belcastro, Phillip Bimstein, Sarah Horick, Steve Reich, and Zach Zubow.
Clarinetist Christy Banks is Associate Professor of Music and Assistant Chair of the Music Department at Millersville University of Pennsylvania (US). Passionate about newly-composed music, she is a member of the NakedEye Ensemble and the Spatial Forces Duo. Banks has given recitals throughout the United States as well as in China, Italy, Norway, and New Zealand.
House opens at 8 pm. The event starts at 9 pm. Tickets are 2.000 kr.
Tónleikar með Nordic Affect.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
"Decades ago the Sugarcubes proved to the rest of the world that Icelandic rock was its own original creation - now Nordic Affect promises to do the same for the country's new- music community." - The Chicago Reader
Nordic Affect mætir í Mengi með efnisskrá sem tekur útgangspunkt í nándarhlustun og rýmiskönnun. Á tónleikunum frumflytur Nordic Affect verk eftir einn fremsta hljóðlistamann Breta, Jez Riley French. French er þekktur fyrir að kanna lágstemmdar hljóðmyndir og svipta hulunni af heimum sem gætu annars farið framhjá fólki. Verkið ‘fjögur tilbrigði byggir á ljósmyndum ásamt hljóðupptöku sem mynda útgangspunkt fyrir sameiginlega upplifun áhorfenda og flytjenda í rýminu góða á Óðinsgötu. Önnur verk á efnisskrá eru nokkur af þeim spennandi verkum sem skrifuð hafa verið fyrir Nordic Affect, eða Emanate eftir Kristínu Þóru Haraldsdóttur, Reflections eftir Önnu Þorvaldsdóttur og Saturated eftir Leo Chadburn.
Einnig verður flutt verkið S C A P E sem hópurinn samdi ásamt Höllu Steinunni Stefánsdóttur og myndlistarmanninum Sigurði Guðjónssyni.
www.nordicaffect.com
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A concert with Nordic Affect.
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Nordic Affect brings to Mengi an evening of intimate listening and collective exploration. The lineup includes a brand new commission by Jez Riley French. Known for his exploration of acoustic environments and the ability to open to concealed sounds, his work ‘four variations’ is a set of photographic scores specially created for the locale of Mengi. With an added layer of recording of infrasound from Iceland the work promises an enhanced listening experience for all involved. Also on the program is a selection of some of Nordic Affect’s recent and exciting commission, namely Emanate by Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Reflections by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir and Saturated by Leo Chadburn. The cherry on top is S C A P E, a work created by Nordic Affect together with Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir and visual artist Sigurður Guðjónsson.
www.nordicaffect.com
Fimmtudaginn 27. október bjóðum við ykkur að samgleðjast með okkur útkomu tveggja nýrra bóka:
Smásagnasafnið TAKK FYRIR AÐ LÁTA MIG VITA er fyrsta bók Friðgeirs Einarssonar.
ÓVISSUSTIG er fjórða ljóðabók Þórdísar Gísladóttur.
Útgáfugleðin fer fram í Mengi, Óðinsgötu.
Stuttir upplestrar og léttar veitingar. Verið hjartanlega velkomin!
Tónleikar með Umbra Ensemble.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
Umbra flytur vel valin sönglög allt frá 1100 til ársins 2015 sem eiga það sameiginlegt að fjalla um einhvers konar andlegt eða persónulegt uppgjör í gegnum tónlistina og textana. Þar á meðal eru lög eftir Comtessu de Dia (1175-1212), Hildegaard von Bingen (1098-1179), Ann Boleyn (1501-1536), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Joni Mitchell (1943) og margt margt fleira.
Umbra var stofnuð haustið 2014 og er skipaður fimm atvinnutónlistarkonum. Saman hafað þær skapað sinn eigin hljóðheim sem hefur fornan blæ og spila þær bæði nýja og forna tónlist í eigin útsetningum. Útkoman er áhrifamikil og töfrandi.
Umbra eru:
Alexandra Kjeld: kontrabassi og söngur,
Arngerður María Árnadóttir: orgel, keltnesk harpa og söngur, Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir: fiðla og söngur
Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir: aðalsöngkona hópsins
Sérstakur gestur: Kristofer Rodriguez, slagverk
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A concert with Umbra Ensemble
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Umbra Ensemble performs songs spanning several centuries, from as early as 1100 until today. These songs are linked together by having some kind of a personal resolution hidden within the music and lyrics. Songs by artists such as Comtessa de Dia (1175-1212), Hildegaard von Bingen (1098-1179), Ann Boleyn (1501-1536), Sufjan Stevens (1975), Joni Mitchell (1943) and many, many more.
Umbra Ensemble was formed in 2014 by female musicians bound together by a passion for ancient and new music. They have crafted their own musical world with their original arrangements and haunting delivery.
Umbra are:
Alexandra Kjeld, double bass and voice
Arngerður María Árnadóttir, organ, Celtic harp and voice
Guðbjörg Hlín Guðmundsdóttir, violin and voice
Lilja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir, voice.
Special guest: Kristofer Rodriguez, percussion
Baldvin Orwes og Brotinn öxull flytja nokkra af vinsælustu söngvum Jacques Brel í þýðingum Atla Ingólfssonar. Brotinn öxull eru Hávarður Tryggvason, sem leikur á kontrabassa, og Kjartan Valdemarsson, sem leikur á harmónikku.
UPPSELT ER Á TÓNLEIKANA.
Baldvin Orwes and the duo Brotinn öxull perform some of Jacques Brel' most famous songs. Lyrics translated into Icelandic by composer Atli Ingólfsson.
Starts at 9pm.
EVENT SOLD OUT.
Útgáfutónleikar hljómsveitarinnar Konsulat í Mengi.
Hefjast klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
Konsulat mun flytja nýtt efni af plötunni Invaders með aðstoð Arnljóts Sigurðssonar.
Konsulat eru Þórður Grímsson og Kolbeinn Soffíuson.
https://www.facebook.com/konsulata/?fref=ts
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Release concert with the band Konsulat, Thordur Grimsson and Kolbeinn Soffíuson, who just released their new album titled Invaders. Joined by Arnljótur Sigurðsson for the evening.
Concert starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
https://www.facebook.com/konsulata/?fref=ts
Þrír frábærir tónlistarmenn, Corey Fogel, trommuleikari, Dina Maccabee, víóluleikari og söngkona og Devin Hoff, kontrabassaleikari eru stödd hér á landi vegna tónleika Juliu Holter á Iceland Airwaves en öll eru þau liðsmenn í hljómsveit hennar auk þess sem þau eiga að baki mjög glæstan feril þar sem þau hafa starfað með stórum hópi áhrifaríkra listamanna.
Í Mengi, mánudagskvöldið 31. október klukkan 21, stíga þau fram sem sólistar og bjóða þau upp á ákaflega spennandi spunatónleika.
Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
www.dinamaccabee.com/
http://devinhoffmusick.tumblr.com/
www.coreyfogel.com
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Three great musicians, Corey Fogel, percussionist and performance artist, Dina Maccabee, violist and singer, and Devin Hoff on double bass, are in Reykjavík as part of Julia Holter's band on Iceland Airwaves, performing with Holter on Thursday, November 3rd.
Join them at Mengi for three seperate solo improv on Halloween, on Monday, October 31st at 9pm.
House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
www.dinamaccabee.com/
http://devinhoffmusick.tumblr.com/
www.coreyfogel.com
Corey Fogel (b. 1977) is a drummer and artist currently living in Los Angeles, CA. His practice is based in spontaneous encounters, often involving the intersection of sounds, objects, textiles, foods and often include collaboration with other musicians and artists. Fogel engages the viewer to considering sound as a medium on par with paint and cellulose, a constant in our daily lives. Through his work he challenges us to consider the contexts in which we create, store and understand sound.
Fogel performs and composes in many rock, jazz, noise, folk, and chamber music ensembles. In addition to touring and recording internationally, Fogel has been a member of groups: Julia Holter, Missincinatti, The Mae Shi, Gowns, Cryptacize, Barbez, Monstro, The Curtains, Learning Music, Nowcloud, Dominique Leone, 18 Squared.
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Dina Maccabee specializes in experimental, traditional, and improvisational approaches to viola and violin; creative songwriting; and using her voice expressively in both narrative and non-narrative modes. She adds depth, space, and complexity to her performances and compositions using electronic processing, looping, and effects.
She is currently the violist/backup vocalist for internationally renowned artist Julia Holter, and has also toured extensively since 2003 with Carla Bozulich, Vienna Teng, Ramon & Jessica, and Real Vocal String Quartet. She has performed solo or as bandleader throughout the U.S. since 2010, and plans to release a new album of original music in 2016. As an original member of Real Vocal String Quartet, she recorded two albums and toured with the American Music Abroad program.
Dina Maccabee graduated from the Wesleyan University M.A. program in Composition 2015, and is currently composing a new musical, Sweet Land, to be produced in 2017 in St. Paul, MN at History Theatre. Her songwriting duo Ramon & Jessica also recently received funding to collaborate on a staged production of our Gertrude Stein setting, Roses are Blue, for a workshop in 2017 with Berkeley company Just Theater.
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Devin Hoff was born in Colorado to a musical family. He has played thousands of shows throughout five continents and on hundreds of recordings, with a wide range of creative musicians and bands.
He has composed music for solo bass and small ensembles, as well as for film, theater, and dance.
He has worked with Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich, Yoko Ono, Cibo Matto, Xiu Xiu, Tara jane O'Neil, and many other creative musicians and bands. Lately he has been recording and touring the world extensively with Julia Holter.
His self-generated projects include the experimental jazz/metal duo Good For Cows (with drummer Ches Smith), chamber/punk group the Redressers (for which he is the principal writer), and his Solo Bass project (which increasingly latey is neither solo nor just bass).
When not on tour currently splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Á allraheilagramessu, þriðjudaginn 1. nóvember, fögnum við útgáfu fyrstu skáldsögu Sigríðar Hagalín Björnsdóttur.
Eyland er hrollvekjandi ástar- og spennusaga, þar sem Íslandssagan tekur óvænta stefnu.
Boðið verður upp á léttar veitingar og höfundur les upp úr verki sínu.
Verið hjartanlega velkomin.
Tónleikar í Mengi með hinum magnaða bandaríska gítarleikara Nir Feldar og tveimur af þungavigtarmönnum íslenskrar djasstónlistarsenu, Ara Braga Kárasyni á trompett og Valdimar Kolbeini Sigurjónssyni á bassa.
Hefjast klukkan 21.
Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
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Concert at Mengi on Tuesday, November 1st with guitar legend Nir Felder, Ari Bragi Kárason on trumpet and Valdi Kolli on bass.
Starts at 9pm.
House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Djassgítarleikarinn Nir Felder hefur verið ausinn lofi af fjölmiðlum á borð við NPR, the New York Times og Montreal Gazette. Hann nam við Berklee College of Music og fluttist til New York borgar árið 2006 þar sem hann varð á skömmum tíma einn af eftirsóttustu gítarleikurum djasstónlistarsenunnar, lék með músíköntum og hljómsveitum á borð við Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jack DeJohnette, Greg Osby, Joey DeFrancesco, Eric Harland, Jose James, Meshell Ndegeocello, Cindy Blackman, New York City Opera, Dianne Reeves, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Clarke, Lizz Wright, Matisyahu, Black Sheep og fleirum og fleirum.
Hann stofnaði eigin hljómsveit árið 2010 og ári síðar gerðist hann staðarlistamaður 55 Bar í New York þar sem hann kom fram hálfsmánaðarlega með tónlistarmönnum á borð við Kevin Hays, Aaron Parks, Aaron Goldberg, Uri Caine, Greg Osby, Chris Potter, David Binney, Ben Street, Matt Penman, Scott Colley, John Patitucci, James Genus, Tim Lefebvre, Nate Smith, Mark Guiliana, Shawn Pelton, Ali Jackson, Keith Carlock, Anton Fig og Snarky Puppy auk fjölmargra annarra.
Nir Felder:
Called “the next big jazz guitarist” by NPR, hailed by the New York Times as a “whiz kid”, and dubbed “incredible” by the Montreal Gazette, Nir Felder is a new voice in jazz guitar. Growing up in the New York City suburbs, Felder spent his youth playing in rock bands while learning about jazz at the local record store, inspired by icons from John Coltrane to voodoo chile Jimi Hendrix. After attending Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship, Felder moved to New York City in 2006 and quickly became one of the city’s most highly sought after sideman, notching credits in bands led by Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington (whose recent release featuring Felder on guitar won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album), Jack DeJohnette, Greg Osby, Joey DeFrancesco, Eric Harland, Jose James, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Cindy Blackman and performing with the New York City Opera, Dianne Reeves, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Clarke, Lizz Wright, Matisyahu, Black Sheep and others at venues including Radio City Music Hall and the Village Vanguard and national television stations NBC and Fox.
Encouraged by praise for his unique sound and style and seeking a more personal creative outlet, Felder formed his own group in 2010, performing sold-out shows in New York City and around Europe. A year long biweekly residency at New York’s 55 Bar followed, where Felder was joined by much of the city’s greatest talent, including Kevin Hays, Aaron Parks, Aaron Goldberg, Uri Caine, Greg Osby, Chris Potter, David Binney, Ben Street, Matt Penman, Scott Colley, John Patitucci, James Genus, Tim Lefebvre, Nate Smith, Mark Guiliana, Shawn Pelton, Ali Jackson, Keith Carlock, Anton Fig, and members of Brazilian Girls, Dub Trio, Snarky Puppy and Kneebody among many others. Says Felder, “I felt like when we played, no matter who was in the band, the audience reacted in a way that let us know that what we were doing was something they felt was missing in their musical experience, something they thought was special. Whether they were commenting on the Fender Stratocaster I played or the compositions or the improvisation, the response was always that this was something new and exciting for them, something they felt strongly about.”
Deciding to end the residency to focus on recording the music that had been developed, Nir brought Aaron Parks, Matt Penman, and Nate Smith into Sear Sound in September of 2011. The group had a strong chemistry and sound that was beautifully captured in two days of recording by engineer Chris Allen. Next, Felder tapped legendary engineer and producer Bob Power (The Roots, Erkyah Badu, D’Angelo, Tribe Called Quest, Meshell Ndegecello) to mix and master the new album. The new release, “Golden Age” (Sony/OKeh), deals with the themes of political, cultural and technological upheaval, with ennui and redemption, with paradise lost and then regained, blurring the lines between jazz and the rock, hip-hop, and pop music Felder grew up listening to.
Hin frábæra kammersveit Crash Ensemble kemur fram í Mengi miðvikudagskvöldið 2. nóvember klukkan 21.
Efnisskrá:
Donnachy Dennehy - As An Nós
Valgeir Sigurðsson - Ghosts
Valgeir Sigurðsson - Past Tundra (með Nadia Sirota)
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune (með Sam Amidon)
Aðgangur ókeypis.
http://www.crashensemble.com/
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Crash Ensemble performs at Mengi on Wednesday, November 2nd at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Program:
Donnachy Dennehy - As An Nós
Valgeir Sigurðsson - Ghosts
Valgeir Sigurðsson - Past Tundra (with Nadia Sirota)
Nico Muhly - The Only Tune (with Sam Amidon)
Free entrance.
http://www.crashensemble.com/
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Um sveitina:
Crash Ensemble er ein virtasta og eftirsóttasta kammersveit Írlands; samansett af hópi frábærra hljóðfæraleikara sem flytur brakandi ferska tónlist samtímans.
Sveitin var stofnuð árið 1997 og hefur gefið út hjá útgáfufyrirtækjum á borð við NMC, Cantaloupe Records og Nonesuch og hlotið frábæra dóma. Hún hefur starfað með tónskáldum og tónlistarmönnum á borð við Steve Reich, Gavin Friday, Dawn Upshaw, Terri Riley, David Lang, Iarla Ó Lionháird, Julie feeney, Gerald Barry, Gavin Bryars, Michael Gordon, David Lang og Louis Andriseen.
Crash Ensemble hefur komið fram í Hollandi, Svíþjóð, Danmörku, Eistlandi, Þýsklandi, á Bretlandseyjum, Ástralíu, Bandaríkjunum og Kanada auk þess sem það hefur komið fram víðs vegar um Írland.
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Crash Ensemble is Ireland’s foremost contemporary music ensemble; a group of world-class musicians who play the most adventurous, ground-breaking new music of today.
Crash Ensemble, an Irish new-music collective with international cachet and considerable chops The Washington Post, 2011
Founded in 1997 by composer and Artistic Partner Donnacha Dennehy, the Ensemble features on recordings by labels such as NMC, Cantaloupe and most recently Nonesuch, with the release of Grá agus Bás by Donnacha Dennehy in May 2011 which has received international praise. *****(5 stars) The Guardian, 2011
The Ensemble has worked with many well-known artists from diverse musical backgrounds, such as Steve Reich, Gavin Friday, Dawn Upshaw, Terry Riley, David Lang, Íarla Ó Lionáird, Julie Feeney, Gerald Barry, Gavin Bryars, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Louis Andriessen.
The Ensemble is committed to broadening the repertoire on offer to audiences by commissioning, producing and performing new or recent works by internationally acclaimed composers, up-and-coming composing talents and collaborating with culturally relevant artists.
As well as performing regularly throughout Ireland, Crash has appeared in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, the UK, Australia, USA and Canada.
Sóley Stefánsdóttir og hljómsveit halda tvenna tónleika á Iceland Airwaves sem fram fara í Mengi fimmtudagskvöldið 3. nóvember.
Fyrri tónleikar hefjast klukkan 19.
Seinni tónleikar hefjast klukkan 21.
Fyrir handhafa miða á Iceland Airwaves
Hljómsveitina skipa: Albert Finnbogason á bassa, Jón Óskar Jónsson á trommur, Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir á píanó, Sigrún Jónsdóttir á klarinett, Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir á klarinett, Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir á selló og Margrét Arnardóttir á harmonikku.
http://icelandairwaves.is/
https://www.morrmusic.com/artist/S%C3%B3ley
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Two concerts at Iceland Airwaves with the fantastic Sóley Stefánsdóttir.
Starting at 7 pm & 9 pm.
Joined by Albert Finnbogason, bass, Jón Óskar Jónsson, drums, Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir, piano, Sigrún Jónsdóttir, clarinet, Hilma Kristín Sveinsdóttir, clarinet, Þórdís Gerður Jónsdóttir, cello, Margrét Arnardóttir, accordeon.
http://icelandairwaves.is/
https://www.morrmusic.com/artist/S%C3%B3ley
Born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, Sóley has been wowing audiences around the globe with her dark, fairytale song craft since 2010. After the “Theater Island” EP (2010) announced her as a solo musician, the fantastical, sepia-toned alt-pop tunes of debut full-length “We Sink” (2011) won her a massive, devoted fanbase: Often praised for her delicate take on composition, her songs’ “dream-like” qualities and “dark surrealism”, a track like “Pretty Face” has gained over 17 million YouTube views since its release. Having studied piano and later composition at the Icelandic Art Academy, Sóley Stefánsdóttir, who was formerly a member of the band Seabear, released a short EP entitled “Krómantík” in 2014, comprised of piano works originally composed for various theater/film productions, and is now about to return with her sophomore album „Ask The Deep“ in early 2015. Still drawn to dark, nocturnal themes,„Ask The Deep“ sees the bespectacled multi-instrumentalist branch out musically, both charting new sonic territory – and fighting the devil inside. Often inspired by poetry, Sóley’s tunes are the musical equivalent to dark fairytales, lucid dreams and childhood nightmares.
http://www.facebook.com/soleysoleysoley
Tónlistarmaðurinn Shahzad Ismaily gengst fyrir tvennum spunatónleikum í Mengi föstudaginn 4. nóvember milli 18 og 20 og laugardaginn 5. nóvember milli 18 og 20. Með Shahzad koma fram músíkantar sem eru gestir Iceland Aiwaves hátíðarinnar í ár.
Aðgangur ókeypis. Öll velkomin.
Musician Shahzad Ismaily with two improv concerts at Mengi on Friday, November 4th from 6pm to 8pm and Saturday, November 5th between 6pm and 8pm. Guests from Iceland Airwaves will improvise with Shahzad.
Free admission. Everybody welcome.
Shahzad Ismaily was born to Pakistani immigrant parents and grew up in a wholly bicultural household. While he holds a masters degree in biochemistry from Arizona State University, he is a largely self-taught composer and musician, having mastered the electric and double bass, guitar, banjo, accordion, flute, drums, various percussion instruments and various analog synthesizers and drum machines. Ismaily has recorded or performed with an incredibly diverse assemblage of musicians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Jolie Holland, Laura Veirs, Bonnie Prince Billy, Faun Fables, Secret Chiefs 3, John Zorn, Elysian Fields, Shelley Hirsch, Niobe, Will Oldham, Nels Cline, Mike Doughty (of Soul Coughing), Graham Haynes, David Krakauer, Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood), Carla Kihlstedt’s Two Foot Yard, the Tin Hat Trio, Raz Mesinai and Burnt Sugar. He has also composed regularly for dance and theater, including for Min Tanaka, the Frankfurt Ballet and the East River Commedia. Recently he composed the score for the critically acclaimed movie Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. He was also an Artist in Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA in 2008. Currently based in New York , Ismaily has studied music extensively in Pakistan, India, Turkey, Mexico, Santiago, Japan, Indonesia, Morocco and Iceland.
Gjörningakvöld í Mengi fyrsta mánudag hvers mánaðar.
Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20:00. Veislan hefst klukkan 21.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
Gjörninga eiga Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttir, Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir, Mia Van Veen & Guðrún Tara Sveindóttir og Unnar Örn Jónasson Auðarson.
Nánar um kvöldin:
Ofar mannlegum hvötum eru samkomur sem tileinkaðar eru hinum heilaga villimanni. Hópur listamanna hefur ákveðið að sýna verk sín. Samkomurnar eiga sér stað á eyju, þangað sem allt þarf að ferðast í umbúðum og í ljósi þessa verður ekki tilkynnt um hvenær einstakir listamenn varpa sínu fram. Matarborðið svignar undan kræsingum, heilögum og frá fjarlægum löndum, exótískum og svalandi. Hér er um að ræða veislur sem koma á óvart og enga vissu að fá.
Átök eiga sér stað á milli hæða.
Óhæfa í verki listamanns, afmennskun listamanns svo úr verður tómleiki sveipaður villidýrsham.
Manneskjan, bátur á floti; hluti hennar blæs út með lofti ofan borðs en kjölurinn sekkur í faðm vatnsins.
Við getum ekki verið það sem við eigum og átt það sem við erum. Tenging verður að vera á milli hæða svo að verði heilög eining.
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A night dedicated to visual performances, held at Mengi on the first Monday evening of every month.
Performing this evening: Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttir, Bergrún Anna Hallsteinsdóttir, Mia Van Veen & Guðrún Tara Sveindóttir og Unnar Örn Jónasson Auðarson.
Curated by visual artists Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Bryndís Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir, Eva Ísleifs, Ingibjörg Magnadóttir & Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir.
House opens at 8pm. Event starts at 9pm.
Entrance: 2000 ISK
Við fögnum útgáfu fimmtu skáldsögu Auðar Övu Ólafsdóttur, Ör, þriðjudaginn 8. nóvember klukkan fimm.
Hljómsveitin Milkywhale kemur fram, en Auður Ava er textahöfundur sveitarinnar. Höfundur les. Eymundsson bóksali verður á staðnum.
Léttar veitingar og allir velkomnir.
Ásta Fanney frumflytur nýja tónlist; les upp úr tveimur væntanlegum verkum, Glærland og Púpa -> Púpa og sýnir myndlist.
Viðburður hefst klukkan 21. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
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Ásta Fanney will premiere new music, read from her two upcoming works, Transsparentland and Púpa -> Púpa and exhibit art.
Starts at 9pm. House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Samtal um málm er eitt af því sem tveir trommulausir leikarar geta átt saman. Sammálma en ekki endilega sammála. Matthías Hemstock og Pétur Grétarsson hafa átt fjölmörg einkasamtöl um málm og gler. Þeir ætla að eiga eitt slíkt í Mengi. Járnagaðir og brothættir í senn.
Tónleikarnir hefjast klukkan 21.
Húsið verður opnað klukkan 20.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur.
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Concert with two adventurous percussionists Pétur Grétarsson & Matthías Hemstock.
Starts at 9pm.
House opens at 8pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK
Two drummers have had endless private discussions about metal and glass - now they invite us to their musical conversation at Mengi on Friday, November 11th.
50 ára afmælistónleikagjörningur Snorra Ásmundssonar.
Fram kemur goðsagnakennda bandið Flotakona Kínakota sem er skipað Ásdísi Sif Gunnarsdóttur, Jóhanni Eiríkssyni, Ingibjörgu Magnadóttur, Guðmundi Oddi Magnússyni, Söru Björnsdóttur, Spessa og Helgu Óskarsdóttur ásamt afmælisbarninu sjálfu.
Hefst klukkan 18. Húsið verður opnað klukkan 17:30.
Miðaverð: 2000 krónur
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Visual artist Snorri Ásmundsson celebrates his 50th birthday with a performance at Mengi. A performance from the legendary band Flotakona Kínakota which members are Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Jóhann Eiríksson, Ingibjörg Magnadóttir, Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, Sara Björnsdóttir, Spessi and Helga Óskarsdóttir along with the birthday boy himself.
Starts at 6pm. House opens at 5:30pm.
Tickets: 2000 ISK.
