By Jónas Sen. John Cage’s most famous work, 4’33”, involves a pianist walking onto the stage, sitting silently at the piano for a few minutes, and then leaving. However, Sunday evening’s performance by pianists Yuja Wang and Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson at Eldborg in Harpa was far from this minimalist silence—although it had its moments of […]

By Jónas Sen. The heavy metal band DIMMA is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the band performed a concert at Eldborg Hall in Harpa, accompanied by the Philharmonic Choir and SinfoniaNord, on Friday night. This event followed a similar performance at Hof in Akureyri earlier this summer. DIMMA’s lead singer, […]