Nordic Council Music Prize Explained

Nordic Council Music Prize should not be confused with Nordic Music Prize.

The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble.

The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS)

The Nordic Council has four art committees:[1]

NOMUS consists of two delegates from each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland) and observers from the three areas with self-rule (Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands). NOMUS awards grants to promote musical co-operation in the Nordic Region; subsidizes commissioned works, musical performances, seminars, conferences and educational courses; and acts as the secretariat and jury of the Nordic Council Music Prize.[2]

The Nordic Council Music Prize

This prize was launched in 1965 and was originally awarded once every three years. Since 1990, however, the prize has been awarded every year. In alternate years it is awarded to a piece of music by a living Nordic composer and to a small or large musical ensemble of high artistic and technical standards. It is currently worth 350,000 Danish kroner.[3]

Winners

The winners of the Nordic Council Music Prize to date have been:[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Nordic Council prizes . Nordic Council of Ministers: Facts on Nordic Co-operation . 3 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171015212917/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes . 15 October 2017 . dead .
  2. Web site: Objectives . nomus . 2004 . 30 April 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060714224458/http://nomus.org/artikkel.php?typeid=27 . 14 July 2006 .
  3. Web site: The Nordic Council Music Prize . nomus . 2004 . 30 April 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060503070724/http://www.nomus.org/artikkel.php?typeid=12 . 3 May 2006 .
  4. Web site: Prize winners . 2018 . norden.org . 5 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Danish music drama wins the Nordic Council's Music Prize 2008 . 2008 . Norden – Official co-operation in the Nordic region . 5 January 2019.
  6. Web site: 2009 – The Winner . 2009 . Nordic Council Music Prize . 8 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Lasse Thoresen wins the Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 . 5 January 2019 . Norden.org – Nordic Council.
  8. News: 2 November 2017 . Susanna Mälkki received the Nordic Council Music Prize . . Luxembourg . 8 November 2017.
  9. Web site: The Nordic Council Music Prize 2018 goes to Nils Henrik Asheim . 2018 . norden.org . 5 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Gyða Valtýsdóttir Awarded Nordic Council Music Prize. 31 October 2019. grapevine.is. 17 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Sampo Haapamäki wins the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize. norden.org. 23 November 2020.
  12. Web site: Eivør Pálsdóttir wins the 2021 Nordic Council Music Prize . 2 November 2021 . norden.org . Nordic Council . 3 November 2021 .
  13. Web site: Karin Rehnqvist wins 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize . 1 November 2022 . norden.org . Nordic Council . 5 November 2022 .
  14. Web site: Maija Kauhanen wins the 2023 Nordic Council Music Prize . 31 October 2023 . norden.org . Nordic Council . 8 January 2024 .

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