Nominees announced for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2009

Fimmtudagur, 07 Maí 2009 11:28

This year 12 musicians and music groups have been nominated for Nordic Council music prize.

The focus was this year in individual performers or groups who experiment with new forms of expression across the various genres or are pioneers within their genre with an innovative musical expression. The nominees must have attracted attention on the national, Nordic or international stage during last year.

The winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize will be announced on Tuesday 2 June and the prize will be awarded at the Nordic Council Session in Stockholm at the end of October.

The nominees for 2009 are:

Denmark: Thunderstrucks and Alpha
Finland: Pekka Kuusisto & The Luomu Players and Kari Kriikku
Faroe Islands: Orka
Iceland: Voces Thules och Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson
Norway: Arve Henriksen och Paal Nilssen-Love
Sweden: Ale Möller Band och Loney Dear
Åland: Ulvens Döttrar

Click here to learn more about the nominees and to listen to extracts from their music.

Read more about the Nordic Council music prize.