<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordic Council Music Prize</span>

Nordic Council Music Prize

<p>The <b>Nordic Council Music Prize</b> is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble.</p>

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<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg/220px-Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" data-file-type="bitmap" height="147" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg/330px-Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg/440px-Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg 2x" alt="Mari_Boine_Riddu.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Mari_Boine" title="Mari Boine" class="wl">Mari Boine</a>, 2003</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg/220px-Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1278" data-file-height="1756" data-file-type="bitmap" height="302" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg/330px-Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg/440px-Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg 2x" alt="Sunleif_Rasmussen_A_Faroese_Composer_The_Olavsoka_Cantata_2009.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Sunleif_Rasmussen" title="Sunleif Rasmussen" class="wl">Sunleif Rasmussen</a>, 2002</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Björk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Björk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_(2).jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg/220px-Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1724" data-file-height="2812" data-file-type="bitmap" height="359" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg/330px-Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg/440px-Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg 2x" alt="Bj%C3%B6rk_Rock_en_Seine_2007_%282%29.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Björk" title="Björk" class="wl">Björk</a>, 1997</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:NHØP.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:NHØP.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/NH%C3%98P.jpg/220px-NH%C3%98P.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1768" data-file-type="bitmap" height="325" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/NH%C3%98P.jpg/330px-NH%C3%98P.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/NH%C3%98P.jpg/440px-NH%C3%98P.jpg 2x" alt="NH%C3%98P.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Niels-Henning_Ørsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen" class="wl">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, 1991</figcaption></figure>
<figure class="mw-default-size wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Aulis_Sallinen.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Aulis_Sallinen.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Aulis_Sallinen.jpg/220px-Aulis_Sallinen.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="3009" data-file-height="2794" data-file-type="bitmap" height="204" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Aulis_Sallinen.jpg/330px-Aulis_Sallinen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Aulis_Sallinen.jpg/440px-Aulis_Sallinen.jpg 2x" alt="Aulis_Sallinen.jpg"></a><figcaption><a href="/en/Aulis_Sallinen" title="Aulis Sallinen" class="wl">Aulis Sallinen</a>, 1978</figcaption></figure>


The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble. 