Back in Oxford for the first time in 12 years! Always such a magical place.

I had a lovely chat about my new book on the New Books Network:

I really enjoyed talking about my book, “Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland” on the New Books Network. Many thanks to Ari for inviting me to chat on his podcast! newbooksnetwork.com/%C3%A1rni-he...

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be a Visiting Fellow at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel in Spring 2026! Looking forward to doing research at this incredible library that I’ve admired for a long time.

It’s been such a pleasure to lecture at the Tokyo University of the Arts and Waseda University this past week. I’m deeply impressed by the intellectual curiosity and hospitality that I’ve encountered here, and hope I’ll return to Japan someday. Arigato gozaimasu!

Alpha Classics -
LECLAIR // Trio Sonata in D Minor, Op. 4, No. 1 by Lucile Boulanger, Sim... youtu.be/w1l7ulpl6hk?... via @YouTube

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I’m thrilled to have been awarded a three-year grant from the Icelandic Research Fund for the project “Modernist Music in Iceland, 1945-1980.” I look forward to exploring how modern music made its (often highly controversial) entry into Iceland in the post-WW2 era. Stay tuned!

Brilliant programme on Radio 3 then on Sounds on early music in Iceland - beautiful sounds with clear elucidation from @arniheimir.bsky.social - the excitement of discovery is real. Great radio. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The Early Music Show
Today 17:00
BBC Radio 3
Hannah French is joined by musicologist and conductor @arniheimir.bsky.social to explore early Icelandic music - from the 13thC poetic Eddas to its rich church choral traditions.
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It’s here! “Music at World’s End” is out today (SUNY Press); it tells the stories of three musicians from Germany and Austria who escaped the Nazis to Iceland and made a huge cultural impact there. Thanks to everyone who helped in making this book possible! sunypress.edu/Books/M/Musi...

Grateful! Nominated for the Icelandic Book Award for my book about the exiled musicians who fled the Nazis to Iceland in the 1930s. The English version, Music at World’s End, will be published by SUNY Press on January 1st.

I uploaded some of my old recordings on Soundcloud -- enjoy! soundcloud.com/arniheimir

Musicologist Árni Heimir Ingólfsson discussed his forthcoming book, Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland, with Iceland National Radio. Music at World's End is available for preorder.
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