Scheduled guided tours

Private guided tour

Harpa offers private guided tours with expert tour guides. All guides are musicians that know Harpa from their own experience and they´ll show you parts of this remarkable building that otherwise would remain unseen. Despite young age, Harpa has already received numerous awards, both for its architecture and as a concert and conference centre. Inquiries and bookings at tours@harpa.is.

Private guided Tour with an architect

An interesting tour of Harpa for private groups with an architect, which tells about the concept and design of Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre. Henning Larsen Architects and Batteríið architects designed the house together with artist Ólaf Elíassyni. Harpa is located by the old harbor in Reykjavík and is quite noticeable in its surroundings. The building's cladding is very special, but it is based on three-dimensional glass strips that beautifully reflect the daylight into the building. Harpa has received a lot of attention - and mostly about its creation and implementation, but here the focus will be on its design and the philosophy behind its appearance. Inquiries and bookings at tours@harpa.is.

Private guided Tour with singing

Guided tour of the building for private groups where the guides tell you everything about the design, the unique glass facade by Ólafur Elíasson and Henning Larsen Architects and everything else that makes Harpa the unique building it is. The tour ends with a concert on the east side of Harpa, a rarely seen space with a unique view of the bay and Esjuna. The performers of the concert, Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir and Sigurður Ingi Einarsson, go through the history of Icelandic music, singing and playing instruments, from medieval duets to disco. Inquiries and bookings at tours@harpa.is.

Baldvin Hlynsson

Baldvin Hlynsson has been prominent on the Icelandic music scene for several years. He has worked as a producer in studios and as a keyboardist on stage with various artists. Baldvin has performed at the biggest music festivals in Iceland, in every concert hall in Harpa and also at music festivals around the world. In 2017, Baldvin received the Icelandic Music Awards as newcomer of the year in the jazz and blues category for his album “Renewal”. In the spring of 2021, Baldvin graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with a B.A. degree in jazz piano performance

Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir

Ingibjörg Fríða Helgadóttir is a singer with a diverse background in music. She has a diploma in both classical and rhythmic singing, as well as a BA in creative music communication from the Iceland University of the Arts. She works in the field of music from various angles; recordings and live music performances, teaching and programming and performs regularly with various groups, such as Schola Cantorum and Cantoque Ensemble and writes and performs music with duo Ingibjargir. She has also worked as a guide in Harpa since 2014.

Jara Hilmarsdóttir

Jara Hilmarsdóttir is a classically trained singer. She recently graduated with a bachelor degree from the Music College in Cologne, Germany. The school is the largest in Europe and Jara was one of three students who was accepted as a first year student for classical singing in the fall of 2018. She has performed as a soloist at many concerts both in Iceland and other countries, and has sung in every main hall in Harpa, whether it was as a soloist or a part of a choir.

Sigurður Ingi Einarsson

Sigurður Ingi Einarsson is an instrumentalist and songwriter. He graduated from the percussion program at the FÍH Conservatory of Music and later with a BA degree in creative music communication at the Iceland Academy of the Arts with a semester at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. Sigurður has been active in Icelandic music, playing with bands, in the theater and in various projects. He also composes music and publishes it under his own name. He has taught music, both in elementary schools and music schools, but he also leads creative music workshops.