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The Reykjavík Grapevine has been published out of downtown Reykjavík for more than 20 years, with its offices for most of that time next door to the "World Famous Hot Dog Stand." Every day, people drop-in to our office for various reasons. Sometimes we they tell us interesting stuff that we want to share with you, so we interview them, for your pleasure. There is no theme.

Today we are joined by Bergur Þórsson and Magnús Jóhann Ragnarsson, half of the people responsible for the second annual State of the Art music festival, that takes place October 7-12 2025. Bergur has worked as Björk’s musical director for the past 7 years, while Magnús Jóhann has played and performed with every other songwriter in Iceland during the past decade. The festival these two are organizing fuses together classical and contemporary music in innovative and interesting ways, such as piano concerts in garages, baroque music at dance clubs and more.

Hosted by: Jón Trausti Sigurðarson & Bart Cameron