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Ösp Eldjárn

Ösp Eldjárn

Ösp Eldjárn grew up in a valley in North of Iceland with her musical family. Together they would play folk and traditional music and perform professionally together across the country.

In 2010, along with her brother and close friends, they took to the stage as a band called Brother Grass. The folk/americana/bluegrass group released two albums together and gained a loyal following and their song “Draugaboli” was premiered on BBC Radio3.

After studying classical singing and jazz singing, Ösp moved to the city of London in the autumn of 2011 to study further in music and to pursue a solo career. Inspired by the vocals of Ella Fitzgerald, the stories of Joni Mitchell and by her own nordic folk roots, she began to write her own songs which have been described as etherial nordic folk. Her debut album, Tales from a poplar tree was released on March 22nd 2017 and was nominated as the Folk album of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards.

In 2015 Ösp and her long time friends and collaborators Ilā Kamalagharan and Cherif Hashizume (Cherif also co produced Ösp’s solo album) formed the band Hrím. The band had its Iceland Airwaves debut in 2019 performing three sold out shows

In the spring of 2020 Ösp and brother Örn Eldjárn formed the band Blood Harmony. To perfect the “Blood Harmony”, which happens when close family members sing together, Örn and Ösp are joined by their younger sister, Björk Eldjárn. They transformed the basement at their parent’s farm into a recording studio and started recording songs they had written a while ago but for some reason not found the right platform for, until now. Their debut album, Simple Pleasures is out in May 2026

MAAR is Ösp’s latest endeavour. Two-thirds Icelandic, one-third Italian, the trio first crossed paths in London in 2011, when a chance house-share sparked a lasting musical connection.

In the summer of 2024, long-time collaborators and friends Ösp, Valeria Pozzo, and Helga Ragnarsdóttir retreated to a cabin in southern Iceland anad started writing.Shaped by years of collaboration and friendship, their music is intimate and unforced. It flows like a conversation between close friends, interplay of voices—distinct, yet closely connected.

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In person
8 July 2026
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10:00 - 10:15
EST - New York
CST - Beijing
PST - Los Angeles
AWST - Perth, Australia
Opening artistic intelligence performance “Beyond”

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