APPARITION

Interdisciplinary event
April 2022

Andrea Tortosa Baquero, director
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, singer & artistic director
Kunal Lahiry, piano
Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir, dancer
Lukasz Palczynski, designer
Jan Szeliga, designer
Viktor Orri Árnason, violinist
Pétur Björnsson, violinist
Guðbjartur Hákonarson, violist
Hrafnhildur Marta Guðmundsdóttir, cellist
Sarah Hartgens, hair & makeup artist

Apparition is an event where music, dance and visual arts are intertwined.
Performers are the singer Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir and the pianist Kunal Lahiry as well as the dancer Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir.
Music by George Crumb, Jean Sibelius, Nico Muhly and Icelandic folksongs arranged by Viktor Orri Árnason.

Nominated for Best Event at the Icelandic Music Awards 2023.

”The moment when Álfheiður walked back into the darkness as she sang The Night in Silence Under Many a Star by Crumb was indescribable. It was like merging with the night and the stars, disappearing into the cosmos and the darkness. It was a powerful musical enchantment and spectacle; a unique, unforgettable artistic event.” -Fréttablaðið, Iceland

Álfheiður Erla, soprano and Marta Hlín Þorsteinsdóttir during a Apparition at Harpa concert hall.
Eldborg hall at the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík.
A woman with long hair standing in an empty theater with red seats, reaching upward with her arms open.
Álfheiður Erla in Appartion at Harpa concert hall.
A musical performance with five performers on stage: a woman in a black gown, a man with a violin, a woman with a cello, a man with a voice, and a man with a grand piano.
A woman adjusting strings inside an open grand piano on a dark stage.
A group of five musicians performing on stage, with three playing violins, one playing a cello, and a vocalist in the center, all dressed in black, under dim lighting.
Two women dressed in black on a dark stage, one sitting on the floor with eyes closed and the other kneeling beside her, with a piano in the background.
Four musicians playing string instruments on a dark stage with music stands.
A woman and a man sit at a black grand piano on a dark stage. The woman wears a black, ruffled dress, and the man wears a black jacket. Both have serious expressions as they play or prepare to play the piano.
A man with dark hair and beard playing a grand piano in a dark setting, dressed in black.
A man and a woman holding hands on stage, both dressed in dark, elaborate costumes with dramatic ruffles and layers, looking at each other with smiles.
A group of people standing in a theater, holding hands, applauding, and smiling on stage, with their backs to the audience.