The Nordic Council Music Prize focuses on the performance and creation of music of a high artistic standard. The prize is awarded on alternate years to a piece of music by a living composer and to a small or large ensemble.
Meet the winners of the Nordic Council prizes 2024 when they are announced on a TV special, which will be broadcast on norden.org and TV channels in all the Nordic countries on 22 October.
The Norwegian composer Natasha Barrett was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize 2006 for the electro-acoustic work ‘...fetters...’. That year’s 12 nominations consisted of Nordic works ...
The Nordic Council Music Prize 2004 was awarded to the Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson for his music for the opera "Gudrun's 4th Song" about Gudrun who takes such fearso...
Yona is nominated for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album Uni johon herään (which translates as The Dream I Wake Up To, released in 2021).
Sampo Haapamäki is nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work “Konsertto neljäsosasävelaskelpianolle ja kamariorkesterille” [Quarter-tone Piano Concerto], piano concer...
Den Sorte Skole & Karsten Fundal are nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work “Symphony No. II for Sampler and Chamber Orchestra”, Orchestral work (2016).