{"id":2382,"date":"2022-05-10T11:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:03:25","slug":"karin-rehnqvist-nominated-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/karin-rehnqvist-nominated-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Karin Rehnqvist nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the major music prizes is the <strong>Nordic Council Music Prize<\/strong> (which has been awarded since 1965). The prize is awarded for musicianship of the highest standard, to a piece by a living composer one year and to an ensemble or group the next. In 2022, composers will be nominated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Sweden, Karin Rehnqvist is nominated for her work <em>Silent Earth<\/em>, composed for orchestra and mixed choir and premiered in Amsterdam, in January 2022. Texts by <strong>Kerstin Perski<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">About Drifted<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/karin-rehnqvist-nominated-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize\/#Rationales\" >Rationales<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/karin-rehnqvist-nominated-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize\/#The_evaluation_committee_selects_the_winners\" >The evaluation committee selects the winners<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rationales\"><\/span>Rationales<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Silent Earth<\/em>\u00a0is a bewildering and powerfully encouraging work. With the climate catastrophe as its foundation, a dramatic musical narrative emerges and leads the listener from ice into a fire with a relentless force. In her work, Rehnqvist reveals her almost absolute mastery of the craft, and she manages to demonstrate the capacity of music to simultaneously define time and space, and provide an emotional experience, free for everyone to interpret.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/here-you-can-listen-to-silent-earth\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2333\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Here you can listen<\/strong> to Silent Earth \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no restrictions on the genre when the prize is given to a composer. However, it should be given to a now living composer. The work must meet high artistic requirements and within its genre be considered innovative, it is said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prize money is 300,000 Danish kroner (approx. 40,300 Euros).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_evaluation_committee_selects_the_winners\"><\/span>The evaluation committee selects the winners<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nordic Council of Ministers appoints a Nordic assessment committee, which decides on the prize. The assessment committee consists of one member from each of the five Nordic countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cases where proposals have been received from one of the autonomous territories &#8211; the Faroe Islands, Greenland and \u00c5land &#8211; a representative of such an area has the right to participate in the assessment committee&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.norden.org\/en\/news\/nominations-2022-nordic-council-music-prize\" target=\"_blank\">More about twelve nominees \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"2394\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/karin-rehnqvist-nominated-for-the-nordic-council-music-prize\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?resize=1320%2C743&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karin-rehnqvist.se\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/16-9-med-2022-nominerede-uden-tekst.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the major music prizes is the Nordic Council Music Prize (which has been awarded since 1965). 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