The Music Publishers Awards were held for the tenth time on Wednesday. Fay Wildhagen, Matias Téllez, Gisle Kverndokk were among the evening's winners.
/ 13/03/2025 / Kristian DugstadOn Wednesday, March 12, an awards ceremony was held at the Embassy in Oslo as the anniversary edition of the Music Publishers Award was held. For ten years, the Music Publishers Award has honored Norwegian music publishers and their authors who are members of TONO, for their work and results in the past year.
Awards were presented in eight categories as well as an honorary award.
The latter was awarded to Åge Aleksandersen. Among the songwriters and composers who could take home awards were Fay Wildhagen, Matias Téllez, Gisle Kverndokk and author Roy Jacobsen. In addition, renowned names such as Kristoffer Lo, Hilde Skaar and Øyvind Torvund were among the authors who received awards for their work.
Here is an overview of all the winners:
Author of the Year – Popular Music
Matias Téllez / Kobalt Music Publishing
Composer of the Year – Classical/Contemporary Music
Øyvind Torvund / Norwegian Music Publishers
Song of the Year – popular music
"ohmygod" – Fay Wildhagen (Budde Music Publishing)
Work of the Year – Large Ensemble
"Ingrid from Barrøy" – Gisle Kverndokk, Ivar Emil Tindberg (Norwegian Music Publishers) and Roy Jacobsen
Work of the Year – Small Ensemble
«"Scarred" – Petra Bjørkhaug (Norwegian Music Publishers) and Ragnhild Jepsen
Synchronization of the Year
"Omen" in the movie No. 24 av Christopher LO (GIVE), Hilde Skaar (Warner Chappell Music Norway) and Brynjar Leifsson (SONY/ATV Music Publishing LLC)
Score of the year
Score for series "Snowfall 2" av Henrik Skram (Wilhelm Hansen Edition)
Breakthrough of the year
Anna Kristina Lillestøl Naustdal – Propeller Music
Honorary Award of the Year
Åge Aleksandersen
All photos: Michael Ray Vera Cruz Angeles