Nordic Council Music Prize 2022

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Nordic Council Music Prize 2022

In this new podcast series, you will get to know the most interesting Nordic composers right now. Join journalist and author Andrew Mellor on a musical tour of the nominees for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2022. Each of these twelve episodes offers a fascinating look into one of the nominated works and how it came to be, as well as an intimate and personal portrait of the composer behind it. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

Episodes

  1. Yona - Uni johon herään

    10/04/2022

    Yona - Uni johon herään

    “I’ve always felt like there is a symphony orchestra inside of me. It was the only way I could get out the feeling that I’m feeling, and who I am as a person.” Yona is nominated by Finland for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album Uni johon herään [The Dream I Wake Up To] (2021). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    14 min
  2. Unn Paturson – 1902

    10/04/2022

    Unn Paturson – 1902

    “We sing it like a group and then there comes a bit of a crazy thing in the middle of the song, where I also try to imitate the original recording from 1902.” Unn Paturson is nominated by The Faroe Islands for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work 1902 (2021). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    15 min
  3. SØS Gunver Ryberg – WHYT 030

    10/04/2022

    SØS Gunver Ryberg – WHYT 030

    “It was actually a really challenging process. It was difficult and I definitely have now promised myself I’m not going to do that again.” SØS Gunver Ryberg is nominated by Denmark for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work Whyt 030 (2020). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    14 min
  4. Sóley Stefánsdóttir – Mother Melancholia

    10/04/2022

    Sóley Stefánsdóttir – Mother Melancholia

    “Creating art out of something so horrible like the end of the world, I could make it sound like a high-pitched note or like [an explosion] or like a crazy drone, but I also like making it somehow beautiful.” Sóley Stefánsdóttir is nominated by Iceland for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album Mother Melancholia (2021). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    15 min
  5. Øyvind Torvund – The Exotica Album

    10/04/2022

    Øyvind Torvund – The Exotica Album

    “I just love these combinations of tonal tunes, but then there is another band playing something else on top, and it’s that mixture that makes the whole thing.” Øyvind Torvund is nominated by Norway for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for The Exotica Album (2017). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    13 min
  6. Minna Leinonen – Alma!

    10/04/2022

    Minna Leinonen – Alma!

    “Art is not an escape from reality. It’s for understanding the world more profoundly. And for me, opera is one of the best artforms for it, whether as a listener or a composer.” Minna Leinonen is nominated by Finland for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the opera Alma! (2019-2020). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    14 min
  7. Line Tjørnhøj – enTmenschT

    10/04/2022

    Line Tjørnhøj – enTmenschT

    “There are times that are so hauntingly beautiful that you will sink into yourself and you don’t have to think about text. And there are other places in the piece where you are challenged intellectually.” Line Tjørnhøj is nominated by Denmark for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work enTmenschT (2018). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    13 min
  8. Knut Vaage – Hybrid Spetakkel

    10/04/2022

    Knut Vaage – Hybrid Spetakkel

    “The artist has an obligation to include all means to show the temperature of how it is to live as a human today. We can not exclude the technology, because that’s too late. Much too late.” Knut Vaage is nominated by Norway for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work Hybrid Spetakkel (2020). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    13 min
  9. Karin Rehnqvist – Silent Earth

    10/04/2022

    Karin Rehnqvist – Silent Earth

    “How can I get the voices and instruments to sound so that you sometimes don’t know what is voice and what is instrument, for instance? I found that a very inspiring way of linking voices and instruments together.” Karin Rehnqvist is nominated by Sweden for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work Silent Earth (2020). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    14 min
  10. Ebo Krdum – Diversity

    10/04/2022

    Ebo Krdum – Diversity

    “If you don’t dare to experiment, then you never find out, and then you never give the opportunity for musician and music to unite.” Ebo Krdum is nominated by Sweden for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album Diversity (2021). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    14 min
  11. Bára Gísladóttir – VÍDDIR

    10/04/2022

    Bára Gísladóttir – VÍDDIR

    “I was in Reykjavík at the time and it was an unusually extreme winter. I don’t recall seeing the sun once while writing the piece.” Bára Gísladóttir is nominated by Iceland for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the work VÍDDIR (2019-2020). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    13 min
  12. Andachan – Visualize Happiness

    10/04/2022

    Andachan – Visualize Happiness

    “I just don’t really want to make Greenlandic music. I really want to go out in the world and show them. That’s what I can do. I’m Greenlandic and that’s what I can do.” Andachan is nominated by Greenland for the 2022 Nordic Council Music Prize for the album Visualize Happiness (2021). Meet this year’s nominees in conversation with podcast host Andrew Mellor and hear excerpts from the nominated works. Listen to all the episodes in the series on your preferred podcast app. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

    13 min
  • 12 Episodes

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In this new podcast series, you will get to know the most interesting Nordic composers right now. Join journalist and author Andrew Mellor on a musical tour of the nominees for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2022. Each of these twelve episodes offers a fascinating look into one of the nominated works and how it came to be, as well as an intimate and personal portrait of the composer behind it. Read more about the prize and the nominees on norden.org/musicprize

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