Dark Music Days

Dark Music Days is an annual festival of contemporary and new music which takes place during the darkest period of the Icelandic winter at the concert hall Harpa in downtown Reykjavík. The festival was founded in 1980 by the Iceland Composers' Society as a platform for Icelandic composers to present their work. Today the festival is a platform for performing and getting to know new music with an emphasis on new Icelandic compositions and performers in addition to international artists.

The Dark Music Days Festival will present a cross section of pioneering contemporary music from both sides of the Atlantic. The focus lies on works with mixed techniques where the boundaries of contemporary music performance are explored.

The Team

Ásmundur Jónsson - Artistic Director
Ása Fanney Gestsdóttir - Managing Director
Pétur Oddbergur Heimisson - PR & Marketing
Valgerður Pétursdóttir - Graphic Designer

Contact: darkmusicdays@gmail.com

The Board

Þórunn Gréta Sigurðardóttir - Chairman of the Society of Icelandic Composers
Páll Ragnar Pálsson - Treasurer of the Society of Icelandic Composers
Þuríður Jónsdóttir - Secretary of the Society of Icelandic Composers

Venues

The festival takes place at the award-winning cultural and social center, Harpa, beautifully located at the sea in the heart of Reykjavík, as well as other smaller venues around the city centre.

Breiðholtskirkja, Þangbakka 5, 109 Reykjavík

Hallgrímskirkja - Hallgrímstorg 101

Hannesarholt - Grundarstígur 10

Harpa - Austurbakki 2

Iðnó - Vonastræti 3

Mengi - Óðinsgata 2

Norræna húsið - Sæmundargata 11

Salurinn - Hamraborg 6, 200 Kópavogur