FUNI--Chris Foster and Bara Grimsdottir (Special Event)

FUNI (an old Icelandic word meaning fire) are B?ra Gr?msd?ttir and Chris Foster, consummate performers of the traditional songs of Iceland and England. They are both powerful solo singers, but when they sing together, especially in the unique Icelandic tv?s?ngur harmony style, the resulting blend of voices, enhanced by stunning musicianship and beautiful photographic projections, is a spell binding mix.

B?ra and Chris have been working together since 2000. They have pioneered the blending of English finger style guitar, with kantele to accompany the modal melodies of Icelandic traditional song. They also both play and are actively promoting the revival of Iceland?s two traditional instruments the ?slensk fi?la and the langspil.

Since 2001 B?ra and Chris have performed and taught at festivals, concerts, summer schools and on radio and TV in Belgium, China, Eire, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway and the USA as well as throughout Iceland and Britain. In 2009 they started the first degree level course on Icelandic traditional music at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts.