Choreographers and poets.

The Composer´s society I formed in Iceland has it´s first concert this 28th of January in Harpa, Reykjavík. It will be part of Dark Music Days, contemporary music festival (Myrkir Músíkdagar).

Saturday January 28th

12:15

Harpa – Kaldalón




 Elektra Ensemble



World Premiers of works by Mamiko Dís Ragnarsdóttir, Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson, Úlfur Eldjárn, Staffan Wieslander, Jonatan Sersam, Halldór Smárason

This concert will hopefully be recorded, sound and video, if I have anything to say about it. Sadly I will not be able to attend since I´m very busy in London, but I have all the confidence in my friends in Elektra Ensemble to deliver professionally. Tickets and further info here: http://www.myrkir.is/Photo-Gallery.aspx

Last friday I was paired up with a choreographer for the LCDS collaboration. Andrew Bennett, a great guy I´m really looking forward to work with. Earlier I was paired with a poet for the Voiceworks project, Irum Fazal is her name and it´s a very promishing collaboration as well.

Back in London

Well, Londonland is still the way I left it. And GSMD starts with a blast.

Tomorrow, 1st day of this semester, I have a 1000 word self-reflective essay due (I´ve got 400 words already, so should not be a problem). And then all days this week we have a 5 hour workshop with the London Contemporary Dance School´s postgraduate choreographers (http://www.theplace.org.uk/lcds) for our collaboration project. Whilst this is happening I also have to prepare a near-finished piece for my viola-piano duo by the 18th. Then the final version deadline is on the 30th.

It´s nice to have a busy schedule right away to pick one self up after a long holiday.

In Iceland I bought a 6 CD set "Best Ballet: 100", I´m done with the Tchaikovsky ballets, the Russian Ballets and half-way through the French Ballets. It cant be a bad thing to refresh the classical repertoire for the LCDS collaboration.

Here is my favorite this far: Dance of the Knights from Romeo & Juliet by Prokofiev.

Kær kv. / Best wishes
Helgi