Haukur Tómasson‘s new piece for soprano, accordion & 3 percussionists.

The University of Iceland, Wednesday the 12th of March at 12:30.

Icelandic songwriter and singer Hörður Torfa is going to play a concert in Borgarleikhús, Reykjavík, March the 4th, at 20.00.

Ástin verður í hávegum höfð á árlegum Kertaljósatónleikum söngvaskáldsins Harðar Torfa, sem haldnir verða í Borgarleikhúsinu þriðjudagskvöldið 4. mars nk. Klukkan 20.00

Á tónleikunum mun Hörður Torfa beina sjónum sínum að ótal birtingarmyndum ástarinnar og þeim fjölmörgu tilfinningum sem henni fylgir.
Tatu Kantomaa og hinn frábæri gítar og fiðluleikari Matthías Stefánsson verða Herði til aðstoðar.

Kastljós 3.3.2008 ( TV performance )

Hjörleifur Valsson, violin and Tatu Kantomaa, accordion are playing two concerts in north Iceland next weekend. The duo has played a lot together the last years so the program is going to include different types of music from classical to Argentinian tango to Klezmer to…

1.3. Þorgeirskirkja 15:00
2.3. Laugarborg 15:00

To celebrate its 30 year anniversary “Hinn íslenzki Þursaflokkur” is going to perform in Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík on 23. of February. The band has not been active since 1982 so it will be a memorable moment when the band climbs on stage and plays the most famous songs again with the support of the well known Icelandic chamber orchestra “CAPUT“. Read more »

A concert for the memory of a song writer Bergþóra Árnadóttir.

15th of February in Salurinn, Kópavogur at 20:30.

Þann 15. febrúar 2008 hefði Bergþóra Árnadóttir fagnað 60 ára afmæli sínu. Að því tilefni verða haldnir tónleikar til minningar um söngvaskáldið og baráttukonuna en hún lést langt fyrir aldur fram í mars 2007. Read more »

There will be 24 hours of tango in Reykjavik 9.-10. February. An Icelandic cellist Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson has called together 5 musicians and this quintet will perform argentinian tango on saturday 9. february at 22:30 in Iðnó. You can read more about the Tango marathon here: www.tango.is

The quintet:

Hrafnkell Orri Egilsson, cello
Gunnlaugur Stefánsson, Bass
Kristinn Árnason, Guitar
Kjartan Valdimarsson, Piano
Tatu Kantomaa, Bandoneon

The years pass quickly… it wasn’t so long ago it was Christmas and here we go again.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2008!

Reykjavik Stadium (Laugardalshöll) was sold out, not once but three times! About 9000 guests saw the Christmas concert of Björgvin Halldórsson on 8th and 9th of December. The concert was called “Jólagestir Björgvins Halldórssonar” and the guests were: Sigríður Beinteisdóttir, Svala Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Björnsson, Stefán Hilmarsson, Eyjólfur Kristjánsson, Friðrik Ómar, Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir, Björgvin Franz, Ragnar Bjarnason, Edgar Smári and Bjarni Arason. Read more »

“Fimm í tangó” is the name of a group of young artists performing tango music. For the time being the emphasis is layed on Finnish tango and there will be three short tango concerts in November.

Ágúst Ólafsson – Baritone
Kristín Lárusdóttir – Cello
Íris Dögg Gisladóttir – Violin
Ástriður Alda Sigurðardóttir – Piano
Tatu Kantomaa – Accordion

18. November 16:00 Borgarnes – Landnámssetrið

19. November 20:30 Reykjanesbær – Bíósal Duushúsa

20. November 20:30 Reykjavik – Iðnó

I helped an old friend Guttormur Sigfússon to publish a book “Tjáning í tónum” with his own songs that he has written during the years. There aren’t so many books available that include Icelandic accordion music properly written for the instrument so this is a nice addittion to the Icelandic accordion and dance music literature. There are 20 songs in the book and the book is available from the author and EG Tónar.  – Tatu