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A five days music event is held annually at the Folk Music Center in Siglufjordur North Iceland. The festival commences on the first Wednesday of July every year. The main focus is on Icelandic folk music and Scandinavian folk music as well as world music and folk dances. 15-20 concerts are held in different locations of the town, f.e. the church, lokals and the Herring Era Museum. During the festival, workshops on music and old handcraft, and lectures on both Icelandic and foreign topics are held. The Folk Music Center of Siglufjordur also organizes a Folk Music Academy in conjunction with the University of Iceland, to coincide with the Folk Music Festival. The main topics of the Academy are different types of Icelandic traditional and folk music, including rimur, tvisöngur, children’s rhymes and psalms. Icelandic folk dances are also to be introduced, as well as folk music arrangements, vocal improvisation and instrumental tradition. The artistic director of the festival from 2005 to present is Gunnsteinn Olafsson. ==History== The first festival was organized in the year 2000 by Reykjavik European Capital of Culture, Siglufjordur town council and a group of people interested in founding a Folk Music Center in Siglufjordur. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Folk music festival of Siglufjordur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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