Stephan Meidell and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde have been awarded the 2021 EDVARD Composers' Prize in the "Open Class" category for the Strings & Timpani album "Voice & Strings & Timpani".
/ 04/11/2021 / Willy MartinsenWith the album "Voice & Strings & Timpani", the composers and guitarist and drummer Stephan Meidell and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, respectively, have created one of the most well-composed works of last year. This is according to the jury of the pure composer award. The EDVARD Prize, who have named the two winners of the Open Class category for 2021. Meidell and Hegg-Lunde were surprised with the award on stage in front of a packed Victoria National Jazz Stage in Oslo ahead of their concert on Wednesday evening.
"Stephan Meidell and Øyvind Hegg-Lunde have a rich reference palette and a colorful, distinctive creativity. The jury was captivated by the album's accomplished vision and atmosphere, where the listener is invited into a holistic work of art in just under 40 minutes. The works have an introspective seriousness to them, but are also experienced as generous and approachable. The title of the album, Voice & Strings & Timpani, says something about the content, but the record is so much more than the sum of these elements. With quirky rhythms, delicate flutes and captivating vocals, it nods towards electronica, hip-hop and contemporary. It is as if the listener is lured on a journey into an existential misty landscape, where the nine tracks lead the way and hold our hand."
Watch a video clip (53 seconds) of the presentation here!
The EDVARD Prize has been awarded annually by 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.
– With the EDVARD Prize, we want to highlight some of the best new Norwegian music, honor those who make it, and remind Norwegians how much we all have to thank those who make music for, says TONO's communications manager, Willy Martinsen.
The jury for the EDVARD Prize 2021 has consisted of Peter Edwards (Norwegian Composers' Association), Kristin Norderval (Norwegian Composers' Association), Samsaya Sharma (NOPA), Sten Ove Toft (Independent), Ole Børud (Independent), Thomas Wettergreen (Music Publishers), Oda Svendsby (Music Publishers) and jury chair Torgny Amdam (NOPA, jury chair).
TONO was founded in 1928 and is a non-profit cooperative owned and managed by authors (composers and lyricists) and music publishers, and which on their behalf manages the economic copyrights in the music they have created. TONO grants permission for the use of protected music, for example on radio, TV, the internet, concerts and cinemas for a fee, and transfers its financial results each year to the rights holders in music that has been played publicly. TONO has 37,000 members, but works for several million authors and music publishers from the rest of the world in the Norwegian territory. TONO's collects and simplifies the licensing of protected music and gives music creators an economic basis for creating new musical works. TONO's turnover in 2020 was kr 712,4 millions.
For more information:
Willy Martinsen, communications manager at TONO, willy.martinsen@tono.no, mobile 909 65 254