Lotte Anker nominated for Nordic Council Music Prize
Composer and saxophonist Lotte Anker has followed up her appearance at 2010’s Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival by being shortlisted for this year’s Nordisk Musikpris or Nordic Council Music Prize. The leading music prize in Nordic countries, the award carries prize money of 350,000 Danish krone (€47,000).
Established in 1965, the annual Nordic Council Music Prize is given in alternate years to a composer or an artist working in any of the Nordic countries or autonomous territories. Nominees must have produced significant work over the last 12 months, making Anker’s appearance at hcmf// 2010 a factor in her success. Her piece What river is this, a co-commission between hcmf// and Copenhagen’s Wundergrund festival, received its UK premiere at November’s festival. Mixing composed music and structured improvisation, it was performed by an ensemble featuring Anker, Phil Minton, Anna Klett, Garth Knox, Jesper Egelund, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler and Ikue Mori.
The winner of last year’s Nordic Council Music Prize was Norwegian composer Lasse Thoresen and previous victors include Natasha Barrett (2006), Rolf Wallin (1998) and Björk (1997). The 2011 prize focuses on music with improvised elements: the 11 other nominees include recorder player Bolette Roed, also from Denmark, Sweden’s Mats Gustafsson, Norwegian singer Sidsel Endresen and musicians from Finland, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The overall winner is chosen by a panel of music experts with representatives from each of the Nordic countries and will be announced on 1 June.
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