Nordic Council Music Prize

The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by the Nordic Council , a forum for the Nordic countries .

The award, which is managed by the House of the North in the Faroese capital Tórshavn , is awarded annually at the Nordic Council meeting in autumn, together with the film , literature, and nature and environment awards. He focuses on the creation and practice of novel music on a high artistic level. Every second year the prize is awarded to a work by a living composer, in the other year a musician or ensemble is honored. At 350,000 Danish kroner (47,000 euros), the music prize is just as endowed as the other prizes.

The prize was awarded for the first time in 1965 and was originally intended to be awarded every third year to a composer from the Nordic countries, but as early as 1968 the interval between the awarding of the prize had been reduced to two years. It has been awarded annually since 1990. The autonomous regions of Åland , Faroe Islands and Greenland have been able to propose their own candidates since 1997.

The jury is made up of an independent music expert from each of the five Nordic countries. If a proposal is submitted from one of the three autonomous areas, a representative from the corresponding area also has the right to be present at the jury.

Award winners

No.	year	Composer or musician	country	Notes (e.g. piece of music)
38.	2018	Nils Henrik Asheim	Norway	Muohta
38.	2017	Susanna Mälkki	Finland	Artist award for the conductor
39.	2016	Hans Abrahamsen	Denmark	Let me tell you
38.	2015	Svante Henryson	Norway	Artist prize for the cellist
37.	2014	Simon Steen-Andersen	Denmark	Artist award for the composer
36.	2013	Pekka Kuusisto	Finland	Artist prize for the violinist
35.	2012	Anna Þorvaldsdóttir	Iceland	Dreaming
34.	2011	Mats Gustafsson	Sweden	Artist prize for the saxophonist
33.	2010	Let Thoresen	Norway	Artist award for the composer
32.	2009	Kari Kriikku	Finland	Artist prize for the clarinetist
31.	2008	Peter Bruun	Denmark	Miki Alone
30th	2007	Eric Ericson's comb	Sweden	Artist award for the chamber choir
29	2006	Natasha Barrett	Norway	... fetters ... (electroacoustic composition)
28.	2005	Cikada or Cikada Ensemble	Norway	Artist award for the group
27.	2004	Haukur Tómasson	Iceland	Gudrun's 4th song (Chamber Opera 1996)
26th	2003	Mari Boine	Norway	Artist award for the singer
25th	2002	Sunleif Rasmussen	Faroe Islands	Symphony no.1 - Oceanic Days (orchestra)
24.	2001	Palle Mikkelborg ,	Denmark	Artist award for the trumpeter
23.	2000	Kaija Saariaho	Finland	Lonh (soprano and electronic)
22nd	1999	Leif Segerstam	Finland	Artist prize for the conductor
21st	1998	Rolf Wallin	Norway	Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
20th	1997	Björk Guðmundsdóttir	Iceland	Artist award for the pop singer
19th	1996	Bent Sørensen	Denmark	Dying Gardens (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra)
18th	1995	Eric Ericson	Sweden	Artist award for the choir conductor
17th	1994	Jouni Kaipainen	Finland	The starry night
16.	1993	Mellersta Österbottens Kammarorkester	Finland	Artist award for the chamber orchestra
15th	1992	Eliasson is different	Sweden	Symfoni nr 1
14th	1991	Nils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen	Denmark	Artist prize for the jazz bassist
13.	1990	Olav Anton Thommessen	Norway	Gjennom Prisme (cello, organ, orchestra)
12.	1988	Magnus Lindberg	Finland	Kraft (symphony orchestra, electronic)
11.	1986	Hafliði Hallgrímsson	Iceland	Poemi (solo violin and string orchestra)
10.	1984	Sven-David Sandström	Sweden	De ur alla minnen fallna (Requiem)
9.	1982	Åke Hermansson	Sweden	Utopia
8th.	1980	Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen	Denmark	Symfoni and Antifoni
7th	1978	Aulis Sallinen	Finland	Ratsumies ("the rider", opera)
6th	1976	Atli Heimir Sveinsson	Iceland	Concerto for flute and orchestra
5.	1974	Per Nørgård	Denmark	Gilgamesh (Opera)
4th	1972	Arne Nordheim	Norway	ECO
3.	1970	Lars Johan Werle	Sweden	Drömmen om Therèse
2.	1968	Joonas cocoons	Finland	Symphony no.3
1.	1965	Karl-Birger Blomdahl	Sweden	Aniara (opera)

See also

• Nordic Council Film Award
• Nordic Council Literature Prize
• Nature and Environment Prize of the Nordic Council

Web links

• Music award on the Nordic Council website (English, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Norden (official cooperation of the Nordic Council): Om musikprisen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010 (Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} north: Tidligere prisvindere og nominerede  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 14, 2010 (Danish, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)  
3. ^ The Nordic Council Music Prize 2018 goes to Nils Henrik Asheim. Nordic Council Music Prize, accessed February 27, 2019 . 
4. ^ Winners of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2015. (No longer available online.) Nordic Council Music Prize, formerly the original ; accessed on November 13, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ^ Winners of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2014. (No longer available online.) Nordic Council Music Prize, formerly the original ; accessed on February 13, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ^ Winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013. (No longer available online.) Nordic Council Music Prize, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ Anna Thorvaldsdóttir (is). (No longer available online.) Nordic Council Music Prize, archived from the original on April 15, 2013 ; accessed on November 29, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Norden: Nordisk Råds Musikpris 2011 går til svenske Mats Gustafsson ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated June 1, 2011, accessed June 8, 2011 (Danish)