2021
6 February - Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Empathy for the Devil (premiere)
with Nico and the Navigators
23 February - Radialsystem Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Niemand stirbt
with Nico and the Navigators
24 February - Radialsystem Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Niemand stirbt
with Nico and the Navigators
28 March - Norðurljós, Harpa, Reykjavik (IS) CANCELLED
works by Vivaldi, Agrell, Kristinn Smari Kristinsson (premiere)
Þráinn Hjálmarsson (premiere) and Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir (premiere)
Barokkbandið Brák
29-31 March / 2-5 April CD Recording
Barokkbandið Brák
17 April, 15:30 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold (Premiere)
Matan Porat composition
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Angela Braun sopran
Roland Bonjour actor
Silke Lange akkordeon
Roland Neffe percussion
Dan Tanson director
18 April, 11:00/15:30 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold
19 April, 11:00 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold
20 April, 11:00 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold
21 April, 11:00 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold
22 April, 11:00 - Werner Otto Saal, Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Schattengold
12 May, 20:00 - Municipal House, Festival Prague Spring, Prague (CZ)
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Collegium 1704
Vaclav Luks conductor
13 May, 20:00 - Municipal House, Festival Prague Spring, Prague (CZ)
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Collegium 1704
Vaclav Luks conductor
18-21 May - CD Recording
Kurtág Kafka Fragments with Soprano Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir
30 May - Norðurljós, Harpa, Reykjavik (IS) (moved to 17.10.2021)
Barokkbandið Brák
Andri Björn Róbertsson baritone
Brice Sailly harpsichord
13 June - 20:00 Thomaskirche, Leipzig (DE)
Bach Kantatas
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / RIAS Kammerchor
1 July - Kammermusiksaal Havelschlösschen, Potsdam (DE)
String trios by Beethoven and Rolla
Ensemble Promena
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Simone Jandl viola
Vladimir Waltham cello
2 July - Wustrow (DE)
String trios by Beethoven and Rolla
Ensemble Promena
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Simone Jandl viola
Vladimir Waltham cello
9 July - 19:30, Mozartfest Augsburg (DE)
Beethoven und Wranitzky
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
10 July - 19:30, Mozartfest Augsburg (DE)
Beethoven und Méhul
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
11 July - 16:00, Mozartfest Augsburg (DE)
Beethoven und Knecht
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
27 july - 5 August, Festival de Musique Ancienne de Saint Savin (FR)
Programme tba
11 September - 16:00, Refektorium im Kloster Altfriedland (DE)
String trios by Beethoven and Rolla
Ensemble Promena
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Simone Jandl viola
Vladimir Waltham cello
10 October - 16:00, Nordurljos, Harpa, Reykjavik (IS)
Brahms, Schubert, Schumann
Ensemble Promena
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir soprano
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Laufey Jensdóttir violin
Simone Jandl viola
Vladimir Waltham cello
28 October - 20:00, Bozaar, Brussels (BE)
Works by Bach, Telemann, Crumb, Dillon, Jenkins
Anthony Romaniuk organ, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, electronics
Anna Besson flutes
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violins
Liam Byrne viola da gamba and electronics
PAST CONCERTS
2020
22 January - Hauskonzert, Berlin (DE)
Kurtag: Kafka Fragmente
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir soprano
24 January - Weltecho, Chemnitz (DE)
Kurtag: Kafka Fragmente
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir soprano
24 January - Mengi, Reykjavík (IS) - Dark Music Days Festival
Kurtag: Kafka Fragmente
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir soprano
2 February - Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik (IS)
Haydn: concerto for violin and harpsichord
CPE Bach: string symphonies
Hlynur Aðils: new piece/ premiere
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Francesco Corti harpsichord
Barokkbandið Brák
11 February - CD Recording
William Yong triosonatas and chamber music
with Juliane Laake, gamba
15 February - Kirche am Hohenzollern Platz, Berlin (DE)
Fasch: Marienvesper
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
26 February - Trento (IT) CANCELLED
Bach, Benda, Vivaldi, Telemann
Il Pomo d´Oro
6 April - Teatro San Carlo, Napoli (IT) CANCELLED
Bach Matthäuspassion
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
8 April - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (NE) CANCELLED
Bach Matthäuspassion
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
9 April - Konzerthaus Dortmund (DE) CANCELLED
Bach Matthäuspassion
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
19 April - Brucknerhaus Linz (AT) CANCELLED
Beethoven and Wranitzky symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
21 April - Konzerthaus Berlin (DE) CANCELLED
Beethoven and Wranitzky symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
24 May - Norðurljós, Harpa, Reykjavik (IS) CANCELLED
Leclair, Couperin, Rameau, Clérambault
cantatas and chamber music
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Andri Björn Róbertsson baritone
Barokkbandið Brák
14 June - Kleiner Goldener Saal, Augsburg (DE) CANCELLED
Beethoven and Knecht symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
27 June - Festsaal Werdenfels / Kongresszentrum, Garmisch Paternkirchen (DE) CANCELLED
Beethoven Fidelio
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
28 June - Festsaal Werdenfels / Kongresszentrum, Garmisch Paternkirchen (DE) CANCELLED
Beethoven Fidelio
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
5 July - Open Air Concert, Kammersaal Friedenau, Berlin (DE)
Sonaten von Vivaldi, Leclair and Biber
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Kaori Kobayashi violin
Wolf Hassinger cello
10 July - Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay, Canada CANCELLED
Beethoven & CPE Bach & Wranitzky Symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
11 July - Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay, Canada CANCELLED
Beethoven & CPE Bach & Wranitzky Symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
12 July - Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay, Canada CANCELLED
Beethoven & Knecht Symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
12 July - Classical Sundays, Wiesenburg, Berlin (DE)
Debussy and Schubert (Rosamunda) string quartets
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Ling-Show Lee violin
Shasta Ellenbogen viola
Wolf Hassinger cello
15 July - Classical Sundays Extended, Wiesenburg, Berlin (DE)
Debussy and Schubert (Rosamunda) string quartets
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Ling-Show Lee violin
Shasta Ellenbogen viola
Wolf Hassinger cello
28 July - 6 August Festival Ancienne de Saint-Savin, St. Savin (FR) CANCELLED
14 August - Elisabethkirche, Berlin (DE)
Hertel, Schaffrath, Abel, Fasch
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
23 August , 16:00 - Open Air, Gartenlokal ‘Strassenbahn’ in Friedenau, Berlin (DE)
Vitali, Uccelini, Schmelzer, Castello
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violine
Kaori Kobayashi violine
Johannes Ragg bass
Friedhelm May percussion
Sabine Erdmann harpsichord
20 September - Norðurljós, Harpa, Reykjavík (IS)
JS and CPE Bach concertos, symphonies
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Xenia Löffler oboe
Barokkbandið Brák
11 October - Wiesenburg, Berlin, Classical Sundays
Mahler Adagietto
Mendelssohn octet
Bartok divertimento
16 October - Donaueschingen Musiktage CANCELLED
Wojtek Blecharz - 3rd Symphony PREMIERE
Elfa Rún Kristinsdottir violin
Anna Faber violin
Olga Holdorff violin
Cecilia Ferron violin
17 October - Donaueschingen Musiktage CANCELLED
Wojtek Blecharz - 3rd Symphony
Elfa Rún Kristinsdottir violin
Anna Faber violin
Olga Holdorff violin
Cecilia Ferron violin
3 December - La Seine Musicale, Paris (FR) CANCELLED
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Insula Orchestra
4 December - La Seine Musicale, Paris (FR) CANCELLED
Beethoven 9th Symphony
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Insula Orchestra
2019
18 January, 22.30 - Concertgebouw Brugge, (BE)
Bach Biennale Brugge
CONTINUU| |M
Johanna Bartz traverso
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir & Santiago Medina violins
Liam Byrne viola da gamba
Daniel Rosin violoncello
Elina Albach cembalo
7 February, 20:00 - Sint-Michielskerk, Brussels (BE)
Cantatatanz - Nico and the Navigators
Terry Wey countertenor
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Jakob Rattinger viola da gamba
Eugène Michelangeli organ, harpsichord
Yui Kawaguchi dance
8 February, 20:00 - Sint-Michielskerk, Brussels (BE)
Cantatatanz - Nico and the Navigators
Terry Wey countertenor
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Jakob Rattinger viola da gamba
Eugène Michelangeli organ, harpsichord
Yui Kawaguchi dance
22 February, 18.30 - Privat concert, Luftraum Berlin (DE)
CONTINUU| |M
Alex Potter countertenor
Johanna Bartz traverso
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir & Evgeny Sviridov violins
Daniel Rosin violoncello
Elina Albach cembalo
23 February, 18:00 - Händelhaus, Halle (DE)
CONTINUU| |M
Alex Potter countertenor
Johanna Bartz traverso
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir & Evgeny Sviridov violins
Daniel Rosin violoncello
Elina Albach cembalo
24 February, 17:00 - Eglise de Lorentzweiler, Luxemburg (LU)
CONTINUU| |M
Alex Potter countertenor
Johanna Bartz traverso
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir & Evgeny Sviridov violins
Daniel Rosin violoncello
Elina Albach cembalo
24 April - Konzerthaus, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - PREMIÈRE
Nico and the Navigators
Nicola Hümpel artistic direction
Matan Porat harpsichord, keyboard, piano
Nikolay Borchev baritone
Ted Schmitz tenor, narrator
Julla von Landsberg sopran
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Philipp Kullen percussion
Winfried Holzenkamp bass
Yui Kawaguchi dancer, choreographer
Ruben Reniers dancer, choreographer
25 April - Konzerthaus, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
26 April - Konzerthaus, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
29 April - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
14 May, 19:00 - Philharmonie de Luxembourg (LU)
Händel: Agrippina
16 May, 20:00 - Teatro Real, Madrid (ES)
Händel: Agrippina
18 May, 20:00 - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (ES)
Händel: Agrippina
29 May, 19:30 - Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris (FR)
Händel: Agrippina
31 May, 19:30 - Barbican Centre, London (UK)
Händel: Agrippina
2 June, 19:00 - Turku Concert Hall, Turku (FI)
Händel: Agrippina
6 June - Hauskonzert in Berlin (DE)
Violin sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer, Kindermann
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Magnus Andersson theorbo
Sabine Erdmann organ
9 June - Mariendorf, Berlin (DE)
Violin sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer, Kindermann
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Magnus Andersson theorbo
Sabine Erdmann organ
17 June, 20:00 - Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin (DE)
Beethoven, Knecht, Holzbauer Symphonies
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
23 - 26 June - Recording, Beethoven Symphonies
with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
1 - 4 July - Recording, Biber/Schmelzer violin sonatas
26 July - Radialsystem, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
Nicola Hümpel artistic direction
Matan Porat harpsichord, keyboard, piano
Nikolay Borchev baritone
Ted Schmitz tenor, narrator
Julla von Landsberg sopran
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Philipp Kullen percussion
Winfried Holzenkamp bass
Yui Kawaguchi dancer, choreographer
Ruben Reniers dancer, choreographer
27 July - Radialsystem, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
28 July - Radialsystem, Berlin (DE)
Totentanz - Nico and the Navigators
3 August, 14:00 - Skálholtskirkja, Iceland (IS)
Violin sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Magnus Andersson theorbo
Sabine Erdmann organ
3 August, 16:00 - Skálholtskirkja, Iceland (IS)
Scarlatti, Jónsdottir, Corelli, Avison
4 August, 14:00 - Skálholtskirkja, Iceland (IS)
Scarlatti, Jónsdottir, Corelli, Avison
4 August, 16:00 - Skálholtskirkja, Iceland (IS)
Violin sonatas by Biber, Schmelzer
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Magnus Andersson theorbo
Sabine Erdmann organ
6 August - Mengi, Reykjavik (IS)
Mozart: Dissonance Quartet
Þuridur Jonsdottir: new piece
Brák Kvartett
30 August, 20:30 - Martinskirche, Hannover (DE)
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, (6tett)
Dota Kehr: songs
7 September, 20:00 - World Conference Centre, Bonn (DE)
Beethoven und CPE Bach
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
21 September, 16:00 - Kloster Altfriedland (DE)
Violin sonatas by Biber, Böddecker, Schmelzer
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Sabine Erdmann organ
26 October, 16:30 - St. Marienkirche, Berlin (DE)
´Im wüsten Land ohne Weg´
Music by Thamir (premiere) and JS Bach
2 November, 16:00 - Langholtskirkja, Reykjavik (IS)
JS Bach: Johannespassion
Barokkbandið Brák / Cantoque ensemble
15 November - Konzerthaus Berlin (DE)
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir violin
Vladimir Waltham violoncello
Olga Pashchenko fortepiano