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).
“Solar5: Journey to the Center of Sound” by Hugi Guðmundsson, Hilmar Jensson, Sverrir Guðjónsson, Matthias Hemstock and with interactive visuals by Joshue Ott
The Adjudication Committee has named 12 musicians, singers and ensembles who are contenders for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013. The nominations are:
The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded on alternate years to a work by a living artist/composer and to an ensemble or music group of high artistic and technical standards which is inno...
The Swedish Radio Choir, established in 1932 and now consisting of 32 professional singers, has been one of the world leading a cappella choirs for several decades and been hired by orche...
Vokal Nord (Vocal North) is a 16-member choir from Tromsø, which took on its current form in 1997. Artistic leader Ragnar Rasmussen provides the choir with a firm base in North Norway.
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The Norwegian Soloists' Choir enjoys a unique position in Norwegian cultural life. The choir has premiered more than two hundred works, over three-quarters of which have been by comp...
Schola Cantorum is a chamber choir, which was founded 10 years ago by its conductor Hörður Áskelsson, precentor at Hallgrím's Church in Reykjavík. Since the start, the choir has play...