Yesterday, the winners of the Music Publishers Award 2024 were announced at Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo. Among the songwriters and composers who could take home awards were Makta Komponistlag, Sivert Høyem and Swank Mami.
/ 29/02/2024 / Kristian DugstadAll photos: Jonathan Vivaas Kise
This year was the tenth year of the Music Publishers Award. The award ceremony is organized by Music Publishers, and honors Norwegian music publishers and their authors who are members of TONO, for their work and results in the past year.
Awards were presented in six categories in addition to an honorary award. During the Music Publishers Award, the audience in the hall could experience, among other things, the premiere performance of the music from the TV series «Power», performed by Makta Composers' Association og Rust Men's Choir, and construction of «Lay Low» by Pot on the organ of Bjorn Helge Gammelsæter og Poprommets Vocal Company. Oslo Ess og Ida Maria honored the honorary award winners with an interpretation of the Backstreet Girls song "Monster in My Cadillac."
"I Saw U" (Swank Mami) – Morten Gillebo (Cassette Publishing/Warner Chappell Music Norway), Umalkahir Moses Ahmed, Brandon Santell
Christopher Lo – GILT
Fixation (Jonas Wesetrud Hansen, Martin Stenstad Selen, Tobias Østerdal, Martin Gravdal, Ola Dønnem) – Indie Music Publishing
«Doubles» – Eivind Buene (Edition Wilhelm Hansen)
"Prisoner of the Road" from TV series "Exit" – Sivert Høyem (peermusic Arctic Rights Norway/ BMG Rights Management Scandinavia AB)
Score for "Makta" (series) – Kåre Chr. Vestrheim, Kristoffer Lo (GILT), Andréa Louise Horstad, Eivind Helgerød
Backstreet Girls – Petter Baarli and Bjorn Müller
The Music Publishers Award nominees are selected by three juries, which are composed of the Music Publishers Award board. The honorary award is determined by the Music Publishers Award board, and will be announced during the awards ceremony in February.
Read the jury's reasons for the winners HERE.