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Music has been an important factor of the Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum and concerts have been held in the museum’s main hall since its opening in October 21st 1988. At first, concerts were not regular, but usually on Tuesday evenings. However, it soon took its form - the series of weekly concerts during the summer; Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum Summer Concerts. A list of all the concerts can be found here. Last summer, the first concert was July 1st and the last one was on August 5th. Sixteen instrumentalists and singers performed in these 7 concerts. List of these concerts can be accessed here. The Iceland Music Fund has been the largest contributor for our Summer Concerts. Last year they stopped the funding. The grant from the foundation usually covered the salary for the musicians and the museum contributed the rest. With the lack of funding we can no longer continue with the summer concert series as has been done for four decades. |