111 projects receive 97 million ISK from the Music Fund in the second allocation of 2024
For the first time, allocations are being made from all departments of the newly established Music Fund. This fund was created under the Music Act, which was enacted in May of last year. Applications for the fund opened at the beginning of April, with the deadline for submissions on May 21.
The Music Fund's mission is to support and promote Icelandic music, recording projects, and development work within the Icelandic music industry through financial assistance. Additionally, the fund aims to enhance the visibility and reach of Icelandic musicians and their compositions both domestically and internationally.
The fund is divided into four departments, each with a unique focus, designed to provide comprehensive support to projects that bolster the music industry on the broadest possible scale.
The fund received a total of 364 applications, and the total amount of grant applications was 631,093,159 ISK. 97,324,500 ISK was allocated to 111 projects, which are divided between the fund's four departments:
Original creation and release department
192 applications applied for 260,661,059 ISK. 48,712,000 ISK was allocated to 62 projects. The highest project grant went to Daníel Bjarnason, 2.9 million ISK, and Nýdönsk, 2 million ISK.
37% of the allocated amount went to projects in classical and contemporary music, 25% to pop, rock, and indie, and the rest to other musical genres. The success rate of applications is 33%, 36% for classical and contemporary music, 25.5% for pop, rock, and indie, and less for other music genres.
Live performance
97 applications applied for 133,183,356 ISK. 14,212,500 ISK was allocated to 22 projects. The Chamber Ensemble Elja received the highest project grant of 1.5 million ISK, and 1 million ISK went to Mugison, the Symphony Orchestra of South Iceland, Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson, and Akureyri's Orchestra.
84% of the allocated amount went to projects in classical and contemporary music, 10% to jazz and blues, and the rest to other musical genres. The success rate of applications is 24%, which is spread evenly between music genres and is therefore allocated according to the applications received.
- One long-term contract was granted, a contract for two years: The chamber group Nordic Affect receives 2,500,000 ISK the group's concert program in 2025-2026.
Development and infrastructure
55 applications applied for 204,658,065 ISK. 25,600,000 ISK was allocated to 18 projects. The highest project grants of 1,000,000 ISK went to VibEvent, OPIA Community, Folk Festival in Siglufjörður, MetamorPhonics, WindWorks in the North, Reykjavík Early Music Festival, Múlinn Jazzklubbur, LungA, Ascension MMXXIV, and BIG BANG.
37% of the allocated amount went to projects that work across music genres, 28% to pop, rock, and indie, and the rest to other music genres, which is in line with the number of applications by music genre. The overall success rate of applications is 21%.
Three long-term contracts were granted:
- Three-year contract: Iceland Airwaves receives 6,000,000 ISK in long-term funding for three years, 2024-2026, for the project "Sustainable showcase - the future direction of Iceland Airwaves".
- Contracts for two years: Tónskáldafélag Íslands receives 4,000,000 ISK in a long-term grant for two years, 2025-2026 for Myrkra músíkdagar.
- Hlutmengi receives 3,000,000 ISK in a long-term grant for two years, 2024-2025 for the concert program in Mengi.
Export - marketing grants
20 applications applied for 32,590,629 ISK. 8,800,000 ISK was allocated to 9 projects. The highest project grants went to ADHD of 2 million ISK and Viibra of 1.5 million ISK.
45% of the allocated amount went to projects in jazz and blues, 26% to pop, rock, and indie, and the rest to other music genres, which is in line with the number of applications by music genre. The overall success rate of applications is 45%.
Distribution of grants based on gender, regions, and type of applicant
Most applications were received from projects where the representative of the application was a man, or 56.5%. 43% of applications were from women, and 0.5% from non-binary individuals. The success rate was in line with the percentage of applications.
Most of the Music Fund's grants were awarded to individuals, or 59% of the total. 19% went to companies, and other grants to non-profit organizations, foundations, and other applicants.
Most of the funded projects take place in the capital area. 78% of the awarded amount goes to projects there, which is in accordance with the applications received. The overall success rate was 30%, which is the same as the success rate of projects in the capital area. The success rate was the highest at 80% in the Westfjords, but the number of applications from other parts of the country than the capital area is so small that fluctuations in the success rate are very large.
Project grants went to:
BUSINESS GRANTS
Hringekjan ehf.
VibEvent: 1.000.000 kr
OPIA ehf.
Uppbygging OPIA Community: 1.000.000 kr
Múlinn - jazzklúbbur
Tónleikaröð Jazzklúbbsins Múlans í Tónlistarhúsinu Hörpu: 1.000.000 kr
Þjóðlagahátíð á Siglufirði
Þjóðlagahátíðin á Siglufirði 3.-7. júlí 2024: 1.000.000 kr
Sigrún Sævarsdóttir-Griffiths
MetamorPhonics- Tónlistariðkun og leiðtogafærni til farsælla og sanngjarnara samfélags: 1.000.000 kr
Aulos, félagasamtök
WindWorks í Norðri: 1.000.000 kr
Barokkbandið Brák slf.
Reykjavík Early Music Festival: 1.000.000 kr
LungA-Listahátíð ungs fólks
LungA Hvirfill: 1.000.000 kr
Studio Emissary ehf.
Ascension MMXXIV: 1.000.000 kr
Reykjavíkurborg
BIG BANG - tónlistarhátíð fyrir unga áheyrendur: 1.000.000 kr
ÞjóðList ehf.
Vaka Þjóðlagahátið 2024: 600.000 kr
Jón Haukur Unnarsson
Mannfólkið breytist í slím 2024: 500.000 kr
Helgi Jónsson
Glatkistan - tónlistarvefur: 500.000 kr
MAKK ehf.
Mánu- og fimmtujazz á Le Kock: 500.000 kr
Byggðasafnið í Skógum
Jazz undir fjöllum: 500.000 kr
MUSIC GRANTS
Daníel Bjarnason
FEAST / INFERNO / FRAGILE HOPE: 2.900.000 kr
Himnasending sf.
Raunheimar: 2.000.000 kr
Arngerður María Árnadóttir
Translations - útsetningar, tölvusetning, hljóðritun og útgáfa á breiðskífunni \Hik\"": 1.800.000 kr
Svartur jakki, félagasamtök
Óperan hundrað þúsund: 1.700.000 kr
Blístur sf.
MOVE upptaka og útgáfa á fyrstu hljómplötu sveitarinnar, tónleikahald og kynningar: 1.600.000 kr
Högni Egilsson
Alheimstár: 1.600.000 kr
Alium slf.
Wandering Beings hljóðplata: 1.500.000 kr
Kælan mikla ehf.
Kælan Mikla – fimmta breiðskífa – lagasmíðar, hljóðblöndun og markaðssetning: 1.200.000 kr
Tumi Árnason
SÓLVERK - tónleikar og upptökur á Jazzhátíð: 1.152.000 kr
Jose Luis A Anderson Esquivel
Andervel- full length album: 1.000.000 kr
Lúpus slf.
Píanó, elektrónik, strengir og slagverk: 1.000.000 kr
Kjartan Valdemarsson
Öræfi: 1.000.000 kr
Nivalis ehf
Árstíðir - Acapella plata: 1.000.000 kr
Hrafnkell Flóki Kaktus Einarsson
Kaktus EInarsson #3: 1.000.000 kr
Mikael Máni Ásmundsson
Guitar Poetry II: 1.000.000 kr
Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir
Imprint: 900.000 kr
Nína Solveig Andersen
Önnur plata lúpínu: Marglytta: 800.000 kr
Jóhann Helgason
JH: 800.000 kr
Daníel Guðmundur Hjálmtýsson
Önnur breiðskífa Daníels Hjálmtýssonar: 800.000 kr
Daði Birgisson
DAÐI Family Man Orchestra: 800.000 kr
Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir
HWD / HEIM: 800.000 kr
Sólfinna ehf.
Multiverse, ný hljóðritun: 800.000 kr
Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir
Songs of longing and love - nýr norrænn ljóðaflokkur: 700.000 kr
Elín Eyþórsdóttir Söebech
ELOS: 700.000 kr
Einar Rafn Þórhallsson
Duality: 700.000 kr
Elísabet Eyþórsdóttir
Symphony of Life: 700.000 kr
Jón Gunnar Biering Margeirsson
Hljómórar: 650.000 kr
Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir
Máttúra: 600.000 kr
Gunnar Guðbjörnsson
Sönglög óperutónskálda: 600.000 kr
Smekkleysa S.M. ehf.
Íslensk kórtónlist - safnútgáfa: 600.000 kr
Finnur Karlsson
Nýtt verk fyrir Kór Hallgrímskirkju og Kammersveit Reykjavíkur: 600.000 kr
Halldór Smárason
Undir píanóinu: 600.000 kr
Anna Sóley Ásmundsdóttir
Painting Reality Photographing Fiction: 600.000 kr
Rebekka Blöndal
Önnur plata Rebekku Blöndal \Að því sögðu...\"": 600.000 kr
Ragna Kjartansdóttir
Immersive House Music: 600.000 kr
Bjargmundur Ingi Kjartansson
Volrutpus - Vault 1 (2014-2024): 600.000 kr
Sólfinna ehf.
Hljóðritun kvartetts Sunnu: 600.000 kr
Ragnheiður Ingunn Jóhannsdóttir
Í draumheimum - pöntun tónverka Jóhanns og Sigurðar fyrir ljóðatónleika Ragnheiðar og Evu: 600.000 kr
Ægir Sindri Bjarnason
Ægir (ásamt ýmsum) - BRIDGES III: 500.000 kr
Brynja Bjarnadóttir
Brynja - önnur breiðskífa: 540.000 kr
Árni Grétar Jóhannesson
Vatn og raf - 500.000 kr
Andri Pétur Þrastarson
Gosi - Á floti: 500.000 kr
Auður Guðjohnsen
Hljóðritun á 12 sönglögum eftir Auði Guðjohnsen úr söngbókinni Tónlistin er þín: 500.000 kr
Guðný Margrét Eyjólfsdóttir
Close enough: 500.000 kr
Ari Frank Inguson
Blekkingardans: 500.000 kr
Artifex sf
Jarðljós: 500.000 kr
Þórður Kári Steinþórsson
Kosmodod - Debut: 500.000kr
Iuliia Vasileva
Recording and releasing the full-length experimental electronic dron/doom metal album: 500.000 kr
Lilja Eggertsdóttir
Í Tónlistarlandi - barnalög: 500.000 kr
Brynjar Daðason
A Little Bit Spiritual: 500.000 kr
Díses slf.
Pale Moon, El Cal Eril þröngskífa (Vinnuheiti): 500.000 kr
Júlía Mogensen
Upptökur og útgáfa á hljómplötu sem ber titilinn: \'Endurómur, fjögur verk fyrir dórófón og rými\': 500.000 kr
Andlag slf.
Atli Heimir Sveinsson - sönglög með gítar: 500.000 kr
Helgi Örn Pétursson
Osme, tónsmíðar og upptökur: 500.000 kr
Gísli Galdur Þorgeirsson
Tónlist við heimildarmyndina \Síðasta verk Gunnars (Gunnar´s last project)\"": 500.000 kr
Logi Pedro Stefánsson
REFUR: 500.000 kr
Björg Catherine Blöndal
Wild Blue Yonder - upptökur og útgáfa á breiðskífu: 500.000 kr
Ingibjörg Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttir
Flautukonsert: 500.000 kr
Benedikt Hermann Hermannsson
Benni Hemm Hemm - einsöngsverk: 490.000 kr
Berta Dröfn Ómarsdóttir
Bernskuslóð: 450.000 kr
Andrés Þór Þorvarðarson
Andrés - \Ég gefst alltaf upp\" Sólóplata": 300.000 kr
Af hverju ekki ehf.
Strengjavera album by Jack Armitage released on Mengi Records: 130.000 kr
PERFORMANCE GRANTS
Elja kammersveit
Elja kammersveit: 1.500.000 kr
Mugiboogie ehf
100 Kirkjur í 100 Póstnúmerum: 1.000.000 kr
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Suðurlands ehf.
Skólatónleikar Sinfóníuhljómsveitar Suðurlands 2024: 1.000.000 kr
Helgi Rafn Ingvarsson
Ragnarök: örlög goðanna: 1.000.000 kr
Michael Jón Clarke
Hljómsveit Akureyrar 2.- 5. starfsár: 1.000.000 kr
Hildigunnur Halldórsdóttir
15:15 tónleikasyrpan: 544.500 kr
Mótettukórinn
Mótettur Bachs í Hallgrímskirkju: 500.000 kr
Brekvirki ehf.
Sumartónleikaferð BREK ásamt Hank, Pattie & the Current: 500.000 kr
Gyða Valtýsdóttir
EPICYCLE: 500.000 kr
Björg Brjánsdóttir
Earth Song, Magnesia og Knega: 500.000 kr
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
Álfheiður & Kunal / sumarsería: 500.000 kr
Lúpus slf.
Tónlist eftir Úlf Eldjárn fyrir píanó, elektróník, slagverk og strengi: 500.000 kr
Pétur Eggertsson
Chamber Music IV á Hamraborg Festival: 400.000 kr
Andrew Junglin Yang
3rd International Westfjords Piano Festival: 400.000 kr
Björn Thoroddsen
Gítarveisla Bjössa Thor: 300.000 kr
Aulos, félagasamtök
Tónleikarferð innanlands á WindWorks í Norðri: 300.000 kr
Rúnar Óskarsson
Bassaklarínettuhátíð í Hörpu: 300.000 kr
Katrín Helga Ólafsdóttir
Sumartónleikar í Iðnó: 300.000 kr
Bylgjur í báðar áttir ehf.
Ilm og ómleikar og þá birtist sjálfi á Óperudögum 2024: 260.000 kr
Ingi Bjarni Skúlason
Ingi Bjarni Trio - Tónleikaferð um Ísland til að kynna nýja plötu: 250.000 kr
Af hverju ekki ehf.
Creating a live coding community in Iceland: 158.000 kr
MARKETING GRANTS
Blómi sf
ADHD tónleikaferðalög 2024 og 2025 um Evrópu og kynning á nýrri hljómplötu sveitarinnar: 2.000.000 kr
marvaða ehf.
viibra - fyrsta plata flautuseptettsins viibra: 1.500.000 kr
Blístur sf.
MOVE upptaka og útgáfa á fyrstu hljómplötu sveitarinnar, tónleikahald og kynningar: 1.000.000
Mikael Máni Ásmundsson
Markaðssetning á tónlist og tónleikum Mikaels Mána í Þýskalandi og nágrannalöndum: 1.000.000 kr
Margrét Ósk Gunnarsdóttir
Supersport! „Allt sem hefur gerst“: 1.000.000 kr
marvaða ehf.
Útgáfa þriðju breiðskífu CYBER: SAD ;\'(: 1.000.000 kr
Díses slf.
Carpets Cables and Sweaty Hearts: 500.000 kr
Magnús Örn Thorlacius
Markaðssetning þriðju breiðskífu Myrkva: 500.000 kr
marvaða ehf.
Útgáfa singúlanna Say Goodbye og Kagami No Naka No Zuygatsu: 300.000 kr