EISTÓNLEIKAR / Matinée – Tuuli Rähni

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Tuuli Rähni, organ

Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 12:00

Tickets available at Hallgrímskirkja and on tix.is

Admission ISK 3,200

Tuuli Rähni was born in Tallinn, Estonia, and completed her piano studies at the Tallinn Music High School in 1986. In 1991, she graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music, where she studied with Professor Peep Lassmann, a former student of Emil Gilels. In 1997, Tuuli completed a master’s degree in solo piano performance with Professor G. Hauer and in piano chamber music with Professor W. Genuit at the Karlsruhe University of Music in Germany.

Tuuli spent the years 1997–2005 in Kyoto, Japan, where she performed concerts and worked as a piano teacher at the Kyoto Conservatory of Music. In 2005, Tuuli moved to Iceland with her family. There, she completed her studies in organ performance and church music at the Icelandic Academy of Church Music, where her principal teacher was Björn Steinar Sólbergsson. As a pianist and chamber musician, Tuuli has performed in many European countries, Japan, and Iceland. As an organist, she is a regular guest at Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík, and has also performed at Organ Summer at Tallinn Cathedral, in Lüneburg, Bremerhaven, and Hannover in Germany, and in Hasselt, Belgium. Tuuli has composed music for organ, recorded for radio and television in Germany and Estonia, and released CDs.

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Matinée

Tuuli Rähni, organ

Saturday 7th of November 2026 at 12:00

Tickets available at Hallgrímskirkja and on tix.is

Admission ISK 3.200

Tuuli Rähni was born in Tallinn, Estonia, and began her music studies at the age of three. She studied piano at the Tallinn Music High School and subsequently at the Estonian Academy of Music under Prof. Peep Lassmann, a former pupil of Emil Gilels, graduating with honors in 1991. Tuuli continued her education in Germany at the Karlsruhe University of Music, where she completed her master’s degree in solo piano performance under Prof. G. Hauer and in chamber music under Prof. W. Genuit. From 1997 to 2005, she lived in Japan, performing and working as a piano teacher at the Kyoto Conservatory of Music. In 2005, Tuuli moved to Iceland with her family. She pursued organ studies at the Icelandic Academy of Church Music, graduating as both a cantor and an organ soloist under the guidance of Björn Steinar Sólbergsson. Tuuli has performed extensively across Europe, Japan, and Iceland. As an organist, she is a regular guest at the International Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavík. She has also given recitals at the Organ Summer festivals in Lüneburg, Hannover, and Bremerhaven (Germany), Hasselt (Belgium), and St. Mary’s Cathedral in Tallinn, among others. In addition to her performance career, Tuuli has composed music for the organ, recorded for German and Estonian radio and television, and released several CDs.

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