Nordic Council Music Prize

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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.

Contents 1 The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS) 2 The Nordic Council Music Prize 3 Former winners 4 References

[edit] The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS)

The Nordic Council has four art committees:^[1]

• The Nordic Literature and Library Committee (NORDBOK)
• The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS)
• The Nordic Centre for the Performing Arts (NordScen)
• The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA)

NOMUS consists of two delegates from each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and observers from the three areas with self rule (the Åland Islands, the Faroe Islands and Greenland). 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]

[edit] 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]

[edit] Former winners

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

• 1965 "Aniara" (opera) by Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden
• 1968 "Tredje symfonien" (Third symphony) by Joonas Kokkonen, Finland
• 1970 "Drömmen om Thérése" (arenaopera) by Lars Johan Werle, Sweden
• 1972 "Eco" (soprano solo, mixed choir, orchestra) by Arne Nordheim, Norway
• 1974 "Gilgamesh " (opera) by Per Nørgaard, Denmark
• 1976 "Konsert för flöjt och orkester" by Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Iceland
• 1978 "Ryttaren" (opera) by Aulis Sallinen, Finland
• 1980 "Symfoni/Antifoni" by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Denmark
• 1982 "Utopia" by Åke Hermansson, Sweden
• 1984 "De ur alla minnen fallna" (Requiem) by Sven-David Sandström, Sweden
• 1986 "Poemi for solo violin and string orchestra" by Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Iceland
• 1988 "Kraft" (symphonic orchestra, electronics) by Magnus Lindberg, Finland
• 1990 "Gjennom Prisme" (cello, organ, orchestra) by Olav Anton Thommessen, Norway
• 1991 Nils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Denmark Jazz base player, artist prize
• 1992 Symfoni nr 1 by Anders Eliasson, Sweden
• 1993 Mellersta Österbottens Kammarorkester, Finland, artist prize
• 1994 "Det sjungande trädet" (opera) by Erik Bergman, Finland
• 1995 Eric Ericson, Sweden, choir conductor, artist prize
• 1996 "Sterbende Gärten" concerto for violin and orchestra by Bent Sørensen, Denmark
• 1997 Björk (Guðmundsdóttir), Iceland, singer, artist prize
• 1998: Concert for clarinet and orchestra by Rolf Wallin, Norway
• 1999 Leif Segerstam, Finland, conductor, artist prize
• 2000 "Lonh" for soprano and electronics by Kaija Saariaho, Finland
• 2001 Palle Mikkelborg, trumpet player, Denmark
• 2002 Symphony no. 1 - "Oceanic Days" by Sunleif Rasmussen, Faroe Islands
• 2003 Mari Boine, singer, Norway
• 2004 "Gudrun's 4th song" by Haukur Tómasson, Iceland
• 2005 Ensemble Cikada, Norway
• 2006 "...fetters..." by Natasha Barrett, Norway

[edit] References

1. ^ Cornerstone in Nordic co-operation (pdf). Nordic Council of Ministers: Facts on Nordic Co-operation (2004). Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
2. ^ Objectives. nomus (2004). Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
3. ^ The Nordic Council Music Prize. nomus (2004). Retrieved on 2006-04-30.
4. ^ Nordic Council Music Prize: former winners. nomus (2005). Retrieved on 2006-04-30.