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13.05.23 | Information

About the Nordic Council’s prizes

The Nordic Council awards five prizes every year: The Literature Prize, the Film Prize, the Music Prize, the Environment Prize, and the Children and Young People’s Literature Prize.

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Winner of the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize: Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson
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Lasse Thoresen

Prizewinner 2010

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2010 goes to the Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen, for "Opus 42".

Prize winner 2006

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 ...

Prizewinner 2005

Cikada is known far beyond the borders of Norway for its repertoire, consisting partly of Nordic and partly of international contemporary music.

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Ola Kvernberg

Composer Ola Kvernberg has been nominated for the 2026 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work Flåklypa – fra Paris til pyramidene.

Vilde Frang

Vilde Frang is nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Music Prize.

Anne Hytta

Composer Anne Hytta is nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album “Brigde” (2023).

Tyler Futrell

Composer Tyler Futrell is nominated for the 2024 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work “Stabat Mater” (2021).

Håvard Gimse

Håvard Gimse

Håvard Gimse is one of the 13 nominees for the 2023 Nordic Council Music Prize.

Berit Opheim

Berit Opheim

Berit Opheim is one the 13 nominees for the 2023 Nordic Council Music Prize.

Øivind Thorvund

Øyvind Torvund

Øyvind Torvund is nominated for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for The Exotica Album (2017).

Knut Vaage

Knut Vaage

Knut Vaage is nominated for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work Hybrid Spetakkel, ensemble, electronics and visuals (2020).

Stian Carstensen

Stian Carstensen

Stian Carstensen is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

Lise Davidsen

Lise Davidsen

Lise Davidsen is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

Ørjan Matre

Ørjan Matre

Ørjan Matre is nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize for the orchestral work “Lyriske stykker” (2019).

Trond Reinholdtsen

Trond Reinholdtsen

Trond Reinholdtsen is nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize for the piano concert “Theory of the Subject” (2019).

Grete Pedersen

Grete Pedersen

Grete Pedersen is one of the 13 artists nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2019.

Elias Akselsen

Elias Akselsen

Elias Akselsen is one of the 13 artists nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2019.

Supersilent

Supersilent

Super Silent are among the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2017.

Lise Davidsen

Lise Davidsen

Lise Davidsen is one of the 13 artists nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2017.

Nominations 2013

The Adjudication Committee has named 12 musicians, singers and ensembles who are contenders for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013. The nominations are:

Nominations 2012

The Adjudication Committee for the Nordic Council's Music Prize has chosen to nominate 11 composers the Nordic Council Music Prize 2012.

Nominations 2011

12 musicians are competing for this year's prestigious, major Nordic music prize.

Nominations 2010

13 works are competing for this year's prestigious, major Nordic music prize for works by living composers.

Nominations 2009

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...

Vokal Nord

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. ...

The Norwegian Soloists' Choir

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...

Kim Hiorthøy

- Hei (electronica CD). Kim Hiorthøy originally made a name for himself as a graphic designer in Norway. Before making his debut as a musician in 2000 he had done a number of record cover...

Cikada

Cikada is known far beyond the borders of Norway for its repertoire, consisting partly of Nordic and partly of international contemporary music.

BIT20 ensemble

In the press material from the Norwegian BIT20 ensemble one can read that the mission of the ensemble is "… advancing performances of Norwegian and international art music of our tim...

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