Ragnar Kjartansson

Performances

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John Cage: Experiences No. 2 for solo voice

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Ragnar Kjartansson is fascinated by the tragicomic spectacle of human experience in which sorrow coexists with happiness, horror with beauty, and drama with humour. Though he is primarily known for performance, Ragnar also pursues more traditional media such as painting, drawing, and video. His work taps into nostalgic imagery from bygone eras of theatre, television, music, and art, allowing him to blur the border between reality and fiction. His work has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions. Ragnar recently received the Malcolm McLaren Award in New York.

Info

This March Reykjavik’s Harpa Concert Hall comes to life with 17 concerts and events featuring more than 150 musicians, composers and amateurs. The festival will present different genres of music; classical and electronic music, improvisation, noise and many more. 3 different halls will be used to present orchestral,ensemble,chamber,solo music, sound installations and films. In different foyer areas large scale works by Cage,Wolff and Berio will be presented. Some of the best independent musicians of Iceland will be involved performing classic works as well as new creations.

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