Festival of Sacred Arts

Festival of Sacred Arts - Late March

This biannual festival of sacred arts focuses on the spiritual in the Arts in a varied and ambitious programme, embracing many forms of sacred art as portrayed in music, visual art, theatre, dance and literature.
The festival is widely known and a great number of outstanding Icelandic and international artists have participated: Nancy Argenta, Jennifer Bate, Das Orchester Damals und Heute, Hans Fagius, Roy Goodman, Monica Groop, Jean Guillou, Martin Haselböck, Edgar Krapp, Daniel Roth, Roger Sayer, Das Neue Orchester, Andreas Schmidt, Olivier Latry and Gillian Weir to name but a few.  Music has always played a prominent role, many compositions have been premiered during previous festivals and numerous masterworks of the church music literature have been performed.
Admission to most of the festival’s events is free, but tickets need to be purchased for some concerts.
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