The results of the 1st round of the VII. EPTA Iceland piano competition are now available. The secretary of EPTA Iceland was responsible for overseeing and handling of all applications. Members of the Jury of the 1st round were Alexey Lebedev, Aristo Sham og Daumants Liepiņš. The judges appraised the videos of each contestant with points and a brief review in English. The judges only received the following information about each contestant: a name, age/division and works performed. In order to progress to the 2nd round each contestant needed to receive a minimum of 240/3 points = 80 total. 

Enclosed is a list of contestants in alphabetical order who were chosen to compete in the 2nd round which will be held in Kaldalón Hall in Harpa on November 24th – 25th 2018.

1st division

Vasyl Zaviriukha
Þórey María Eyþórsdóttir 

2nd division

Alexander Viðar
Ásta Dóra Finnsdóttir
David Wallerstein
Eysteinn Ísidór Ólafsson
Guðmundur Steinn Markússon
Helga Sigríður Eyþórsdóttir Kolbeins
Ingibjörg Ramos Hilmarsdóttir
Klara Margrét Ívarsdóttir
Magnús Stephensen

3rd division

Anais Bergsdóttir
Baldvin Fannar Guðjónsson
Björn Helgi Björnsson
Ólína Ákadóttir

The board of EPTA Iceland thanks all contestants and the jury for their participation and wishes them good luck!

EPTA Iceland upcoming Inland conference will be held at Berg concert hall at the Reykjanesbaer School of Music on January 14th 2018. As an upbeat to the upcoming EPTA Iceland piano competition in Harpa on November 24. – 25. 2018 the Inland conference will focus upon “how to prepare students for competitions” with Professor Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist, head of the piano department at Karlstad University´s Ingesund School of Music as keynote speaker. Mustonen-Dahlkvist´s student and rising star pianist Aristo Sham will perform a recital including works by Scarlatti, Liszt, Scriabin, Brahms and Barber as the highlight of the conference.

Other lectures will include the subjects of “teaching rhythmic piano” by Jazz pianist Sunna Gunnlaugsdottir, the Timani method by Bjorg Brjansdottir, “teaching improvisation” by Bjargey Thrudur Ingolfsdottir and “musicians health” by Kari Arnason founder of Reykjavík Art Clinic, specific physio clinic for musicians. The conference is open to all EPTA members, for further information please contact epta@epta.is

Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir has been elected the new president of EPTA Iceland.

You can find and download handouts from the conference speakers here.

To honor the 2,567th birthday of Confucius, the Northern Lights Confucius Institute presents: PIANIST DAVID WITTEN

Kaldalón Recital Hall in Harpa
Saturday 8:00pm
September 24, 2016

Works by —
Yinghai Li
Alexander Tcherepnin
Bohuslav Martinů
Alexina Louie
Wolfgang Amadée Mozart
Frédéric Chopin

“The inner nature of man is the province of music.”
  – Confucius

Registration for the 38th international EPTA conference is now open. The conference will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland on the 22nd to the 25th of September 2016. If you register before the 17th of June, you will receive Early-Bird discount rates.

Some have had trouble with registration for the conference so here are the detailed instructions .

1. Go to the conference website
2. On the left side of the page you will find information about Iceland, the program, flights, hotels etc.
3. On the left side of the page you will also find a “Registration” option
4. When you have clicked on “Registration” you will see a participant registration and Hotel registration.

Hopefully you will have no problem with registering and we are looking forward to see you in Iceland in September!

Sep. 22 12:00-14:00 Registration in front of Kaldalón Hall, Harpa 14:00-14:30 Opening ceremony 14:30-15:00 Georg Frederick Litterst and Dr.Stella Branzburg Sick Teaching with interactive technologies 15:00-15:30 Patrick Jovell Digital Fear – Can the teacher be replaced? 15:30-16:00 Jean-Jacques Dünki Music: A sign language 16:00-16:30 Coffee break + Book presentation 16:30-17:00 Grace Choi Encouraging Improvisation through 18c Performance Practise in Collegiate class piano 17:00-17:30 Kristinn Örn Kristinsson Teaching tone in the 21st century – Old methods or new methods? 17:30-18:00 Miha Haas How to play piano with colour: A new answer to the old question 18:00-19:00 Welcome drinks in Bjortuloft Harpa 19:30-21:30 Concert in Harpa €26 Sep. 23 09:00-09:30 Radmila Stojkovic Embracing the challenge of the critical point in teaching children the classical skills 09:30-10:00 Dr.Katarina Nummi-Kuisma Intergrating basic music theory into piano lessons from the beginning 10:00-10:30 Dr.Murray McLachlan Ferruccio Busoni: Creativity in Motion 10:30-11:00 Coffee break and Book presentation 11:00-11:30 Works composed for EPTA Iceland piano competitions 11:30-12:00 Marjes Benoist How to teach talent, paradoxes, challenges and triggers 12:00-12:30 Erica Booker The benefits of ergonomically scaled piano keyboards for smaller handed pianists: Levelling the playing field 12:30-14:00 Lunch break – open Kawai in Ríma hall 14:00-14:30 Dr.Nína Margrét Grímsdóttir Icelandic Romanticism -A Welcome Addition to the Scandinavian Piano Literature 14:30-15:00 Dr.Randall Faber Developing Musical Minds and Hearts 15:00-15:30 Dr.Randall Faber Developing Musical Minds and Hearts 15:30-16:00 Coffee break and Poster session with Rhonda Boyle 16:00-16:15 Dr.Gary Ingles MTNA: A “Glocal” Partnership 16:15-16:45 Ron Regev Teaching piano in the digital age: Revisiting sheet music and teaching aids, from the 18th century to our time 16:45-17:15 Concert : Edda Erlendsdóttir Works by Tómas Manoury, Úlfur Hansson, H.Dutilleux 17:15-22:00 Conference tour and dinner €99 Sight seeing tour and dinner Sep. 24 09:15-09:45 Robijn Tilanus Improvisation and harmony as a natural part of piano teaching in the 21st century 09:45-10:15 Guido Gavazzi Fun & play method for piano dalcroze (IBook for IPad) 10:15-10:45 Coffee break and Poster session with Dina Savvidou 10:45-11:15 Andrew Higgins Why creativity – Has all the music we will ever need already been written? 11:15-11:45 Sindri Már Heimisson Piano technology – from past to present 11:45-14:00 Lunch break and AGM meeting 12:00-14:00 AGM Meeting 14:00-14:30 Dr.Kristín Jónína Taylor Pedagogical aspects of the solo piano works of Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson 14:30-15:00 Linda Christensen Technology to increase student engagement and motivation 15:00-15:30 Coffee break and Books presentation 15:30-16:00 Concert: Marcella Crudeli, Carlotta Masci and Leonardo Laviola Works by D.Cimarosa and G.Rossini 16:30 Transfer to a formal reception Sep. 25 10:00-10:30 Kári Árnason Incorporating health promotion and injury prevention into music teaching 10:30-11:00 Justin Krawitz Beginning method books – blessing or curse? 11:00-11:30 Susan Chan Modern Chinese teaching pieces: A multimedia lecture recital 11:30-12:00 Coffee break + Book presentation 12:00-12:30 Peter Jutras It´s never too late: Teaching Adult piano students 12:30-13:00 Júlíana Rún Indriðadóttir A journey through the history of Icelandic traditional and classical music 13:00 End of Conference 13:00-19:30 Golden Circle tour by bus €80

Call for papers – extended deadline pdf