Nordic Council Music Prize

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.

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Winners

2020

Winner of the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize

The 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize goes to Sampo Haapamäki’s Quarter-tone Piano Concerto (2017).

2019

Winner of the 2019 Nordic Council Music Prize

The 2019 Nordic Council Music Prize goes to Gyða Valtýsdóttir from Iceland.

2018

Winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2018

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2018 goes to Norway’s Nils Henrik Asheim for his work Muohta.

2017

The winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2017

The Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki has been awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize 2017.

2016

Winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2016

The winner of the 2016 Nordic Council Music Prize is Hans Abrahamsen from Denmark for the song cycle “Let Me Tell You”.

2015

Winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2015

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2015 has been awarded to Svante Henryson (Sweden)

2014

Winners of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2014

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2014 has been awarded to the Danish composer Simon Steen-Andersen for Black Box Music at a ceremony in Stockholm.

2013

Winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize 2013

The Nordic Council Music Prize 2013 goes to Pekka Kuusisto

Nominees

2021

Studio Barnhus

Studio Barnhus is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Lena Willemark

Lena Willemark is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Stian Carstensen

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

2021

Lise Davidsen

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

2021

Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir

Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Gerth W. Lyberth

Gerth W. Lyberth is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Verneri Pohjola

Verneri Pohjola is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Anu Komsi

Anu Komsi is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Theatre of Voices

Theatre of Voices is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Jakob Kullberg

Jakob Kullberg is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Peter Hägerstrand

Peter Hägerstrand is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Eivør Pálsdóttir

Eivør Pálsdóttir is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2021

Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson is one of the 13 nominations for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2021.

2020

Ørjan Matre

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

2020

Robyn

Robyn is nominated for the 2020 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album “Honey” (2018).

2020

Trond Reinholdtsen

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

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