Robert Eidevik has been awarded TONO's EDVARD Prize 2019 in the Lyrics category for the Hjerteslag album Nattseileren. – It means a lot to me to receive the prize for these lyrics, says the prize winner.
/ 03/11/2019 / Willy MartinsenRobert Eidevik has been awarded TONO's EDVARD Prize 2019 in the Lyrics category for the Hjerteslag album Nattseileren. – It means a lot to me to receive the prize for these lyrics, says the prize winner.
Robert Eidevik was awarded the EDVARD Prize during the second of Hjerteslag's two concerts at Håkonshallen in Bergen on Saturday evening. It was Emir Hindic from Sushiu x Kobe, who earlier this year received the EDVARD Prize in the Popular Music category, who presented the prize on behalf of TONO and the jury. The award was met with a standing ovation from a packed Håkonshallen.
– It means a lot to me to receive the award for these lyrics. I wrote about my life and the lyrics on Nattseileren were about things that weren't going so well in life at that time. I really appreciate that people actually like them, said Robert Eidevik after the award ceremony. From the stage, he also thanked the band and his other support staff.
"Lyricist Robert Eidevik has proven himself through several Hjerteslag albums as a distinctive and drivingly skilled lyricist. He has a very good eye for young longing, romance and desire, without it ever becoming banal or tacky. With precision and originality, he often points towards something universally valid that can touch listeners of all ages. On Nattseileren we enter a dark Bergen universe after midnight. We are guided into something lost and strong-willed. Eidevik describes the depths, but often with a loving sidelong glance, and thus we never completely lose hope. He is unique in his descriptions of situations and feelings. A line like "I am the echo of your ascent" is one such, and it clearly shows how heartbreaking the lyrics can be.»
The EDVARD Prize has been awarded annually at TONO since 1998, and is awarded in five categories to composers and lyricists who have created musical works of particularly high quality in the previous year. A highly qualified professional jury selects the winners, who receive kr 50,000 as well as a trophy and a diploma, both designed by artist Magne Furuholmen.
– It is a central part of TONO's work to highlight that music has value, and that music creation is an important work. With the EDVARD Prize, we highlight some of the most beautiful music created in the previous year, and with it we want to both honor individual authors and create awareness about the important work that composers and lyricists do, says TONO's communications manager, Willy Martinsen.
Read more about the EDVARD Prize:
https://www.tono.no/om-tono/priser-og-stipender/edvardprisen-tonos-formidlerpris/
The jury for the EDVARD Prize 2019 consists of Peter Edwards (NKF), Kristin Norderval (NKF), Torgny Amdam (NOPA), Kate Havnevik (NOPA), Ellen Brekken (Independent), Ole Børud (Independent), Jan Stefan Bengtsson (Music Publishers) and jury chair Stine Lieng (Music Publishers).
About TONO:
TONO is a non-profit cooperative, founded in 1928, owned and managed by its members: composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. TONO manages performance rights for musical works in Norway and collects remuneration for their public performance. TONO currently represents approximately 33,000 Norwegian composers, lyricists and music publishers. Through mutual representation agreements with similar companies in other countries, TONO manages the rights of nearly 3 million authors in the Norwegian territory. As a non-profit enterprise, TONO's results are transferred to the copyright holders of performed works. TONO thus facilitates the use of music in society, while at the same time providing authors with a basis for constantly creating new musical works. For more information, visit www.tono.no.
For more information:
Willy Martinsen, communications manager at TONO, willy.martinsen@tono.no, mobile 909 65 254