Embassy of Iceland - London, UK

Reykjavik Nights, the UK's only dedicated Icelandic club night, is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Bedroom Community record label in putting on a very special concert - Valgeir Sigurdsson at Soho's House of St Barnabas on Friday 16th May. The event is kindly support by Reykjavik City. >>>

The Embassy has published a newsletter for April 2008.

The biggest ever Eurovision Song Contest party will take place at London's Scala nightclub on Friday 25th April. Paul Oscar, who previously represented Iceland at the competition will perform live and Iceland's current entry Euroband will also be there. www.ukeurovision.com

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Britain’s first IceTölt competition (Icelandic Horses competing on ice) is to be held at Basingstoke’s Planet Ice on Saturday 19^th April 2008 at 6pm. Tickets are now on sale (Tel: 01256 355 266).  www.icetolt.co.uk

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Icelandic author and poet Sjón will be speaking at the Royal Festival Hall in London's Southbank Centre on Saturday 12 April, as part of International PEN's celebration of world literature - Free the Word!

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Björk and her band will be on tour around the UK in April and May 2008.

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The Egill Skallagrimsson Fund is a registered charity in Britain under the auspices of the Embassy of Iceland, providing grants for artistic endeavours which promote the culture and art of Iceland in the UK. Click here for further details and application info.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for March_2008.

Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes has been nominated for Album of the Year in the Classical BRIT Awards 2008. Click here to vote online for his album Cortes.

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Icelandic singer-songwriter Eliza's new single Change my name / Return to me is out now on digital download and is available to buy from all major download stores. www.myspace.com/elizanewman

The well-known Icelandic troubadour KK and his sister Ellen Kristjánsdóttir will hold a concert at the Swedish Church in London on Sunday 9th of March.

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The Icelandic Society in the Netherlands hosts its annual Þorrablót (Icelandic midwinter feast) on Saturday 8th March 2008, at De Amstelzaal in Amsterdam. For further information click here.

The Nordic Translation Conference will take place 6th-8th March 2008 at the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies in London. The first conference of its kind, it will focus solely on the Nordic languages and their translation.

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The Icelandic Society in London hosts its annual Þorrablót (Icelandic midwinter feast) on Saturday 1st March 2008, at the Millennium Hotel London Mayfair. Please see www.ifelag.co.uk for further information.

The Embassy has published its Newsletter for February 2008.

The Icelandic mezzo soprano Sigridur Osk Kristjansdottir will be giving a recital at St. Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square London, on Friday 15th of February at 1pm. Entry is free of charge.

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Icelandic Band Dýrðin plays at the Spice of Life Club in Soho on 1st February and at the Grosvenor on the 2nd of February 2008. www.myspace.com/dyrdin

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The Embassy has published its Newsletter January 2008.

Icelandic gold and silversmith Pétur Tryggvi exhibits his work at the Collect art fair at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, 25-29 January 2008.

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Icelandic tenor Jónas Guðmundsson, with young artists from the Georg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto, celebrates Sir Georg Solti, Music for the Maestro, Sunday 20th January 2008, 7.30pm at Wigmore-Hall. www.wigmore-hall.org.uk

Renowned Icelandic tenor Finnur Bjarnason performs the role of Castor in the opera Castor and Pollux, a De Nederlandse Opera production, from Friday 18th January 2008 at the Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam.

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Icelandic actress Vala Ómarsdóttir performs in the play Exile at the Camden People´s Theatre. >>>

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, adapted and directed by Garðar Örn Gíslason and David Farr, music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. >>>