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The Rotary Concert 2022

24 April at 4 pm

The Rotary movement in Iceland awards two grants a year to outstanding music students who are pursuing their studies abroad. This grant has been awarded since 2005 and 30 young musicians have been awarded so far. The recipients are presented in a Gala concert, alongside other prominent performers. This year the event is hosted by the club in Fljótsdalshérað in cooperation with Austuróp, the East Iceland opera company and the venue is the Music centre of East Iceland, in Eskifjörður. Rotary is proud to present pianist Alexander Smári Edelstein, studying in Maastricht in the Netherlands and violinist Sólveig Vaka Eyþórsdóttir who studies in Leipzig, Germany. They are joined by soprano Hlín Pétursdóttir Behrens, mezzo soprano Erla Dóra Vogler, tenor Árni Friðriksson, baritone Valdimar Hilmarsson and pianists Helena Guðlaug Bjarnadóttir and Daníel Þorsteinsson. The singers and pianists will perform “Liebeslieder Walzer” op. 52 by Johannes Brahms, the young musicians play works by Bach, Schubert and Tchaikovsky.

The ticket price is 4.500, no charge for guests 16 years and younger.

Tickets for streaming are available here:  https://www.vvenue.events/rotary