Nordic Council 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.

Not to be confused with Nordic Music Prize.
Mari Boine, 2003
Sunleif Rasmussen, 2002
Björk, 1997
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1991
Aulis Sallinen, 1978

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, 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]

References
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  2. "Objectives". nomus. 2004. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
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  4. "Prize winners". norden.org. 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. "Danish music drama wins the Nordic Council's Music Prize 2008". Norden – Official co-operation in the Nordic region. 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. "2009 – The Winner". Nordic Council Music Prize. 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  7. "Lasse Thoresen wins the Nordic Council Music Prize 2010". Norden.org – Nordic Council. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. "Susanna Mälkki received the Nordic Council Music Prize". Pizzicato. Luxembourg. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  9. "The Nordic Council Music Prize 2018 goes to Nils Henrik Asheim". norden.org. 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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  11. "Sampo Haapamäki wins the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize". norden.org. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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