Nordic Council Music Prize 2022 Nordic Council

“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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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.
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“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