Name: Ása Dýradóttir, in conversation with author R. Michael Hendrix, presented by Two Beats Ahead
Start: 2026-04-15T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-04-15T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Huldunótur

$\u00c1sa D\u00fdrad\u00f3ttir, in conversation with author R. Michael Hendrix, presented by Two Beats Ahead$

See bassist and Director of Tónlistarborg, Ása Dýradóttir, in conversation with author R. Michael Hendrix at Huldunótur, above Space Odyssey in downtown Reykjavík, on April 15 at 18:00.
Ása Dýradóttir is a Reykjavík-based musician and cultural leader working at the intersection of live performance and music policy. As a bass player, she has been an active contributor to Iceland’s independent music scene, performing with her band, Mammút, and collaborating in live settings live settings with artists including Rakel, Kaktus Einarsson, Benni Hemm Hemm, Salóme Katrin and Nanna. Her work reflects the fluid, cross-project nature of Reykjavík’s music community, where musicians frequently move between bands and collaborations.
Alongside her work as a musician, she serves as Director of Tónlistarborg (Music City Reykjavík), where she focuses on strengthening the conditions for live music in Reykjavík. Her work brings together artists, venues, policymakers, and industry stakeholders to address structural challenges in the ecosystem—from access to performance spaces to the long-term sustainability of the scene.
Ása’s perspective is shaped by her dual role inside and outside the industry: she understands the lived realities of working musicians while also helping to shape the frameworks that support them. Much like her role as a bass player, her approach is grounded in creating stability, continuity, and forward motion—leading by supporting others and setting the conditions for collective performance. In parallel, her ongoing interest in the relationship between music, memory, and the brain, as well as her own visual art practice, extends this sensibility beyond the stage, exploring how sound, image, and perception shape human connection.
Interviewer, R. Michael Hendrix, is the co-author of Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation, written with Panos A. Panay, President of the Recording Academy. The book examines how artists apply their creative minds beyond their art, and how others can learn from these approaches.
Join us for a Two Beats Ahead LIVE! podcast recording exploring Ása’s music and how her practice moves between writing, performance, and shaping the conditions that allow a music scene to function and evolve.
The event is free and open to all.