Hanne Hukkelberg has been awarded TONO's EDVARD Prize 2020 in the category "Popular Music" for the album "Birthmark". The prize consists of kr 50,000,- as well as a trophy and a diploma designed by artist Magne Furuholmen.
/ 14/09/2020 / Willy MartinsenHanne Hukkelberg was presented with the EDVARD Prize by TONO's CEO Cato Strøm on the morning of Friday, September 11. Hukkelberg was surprised with the prize during a video interview with TONO by the seafront, a stone's throw from the new Munch Museum in Oslo. The EDVARD Prize differs from other music prizes in that it is only awarded to composers and lyricists.
– It's absolutely incredible. I can't understand it. It's very, very big, and TONO for me is the biggest organization to receive an award from. It's very important to me. This is so incredibly warm. Thank you very much, said Hukkelberg when she received the award.
Here you can see Hanne Hukkelberg being surprised with the award. The story continues below the video.
The jury's reasoning:
Hanne Hukkelberg is an uncompromising artist who is always true to herself. This has resulted in a career full of varied and genre-crossing music. Her sixth album "Birthmark" is seething with almost uncontrollable creativity, which nevertheless feels like it has a crystal-clear direction and coherence. This is a solid collection of compositions that clearly bear the mark of Hukkelberg's strong artistic vision - as a composer, lyricist, performer and producer. The listener is invited into an eccentric soundscape constructed from electronic and acoustic instruments, flanked by everyday sounds such as the ping of the microwave and the clink of glass. It is impossible not to be drawn into the playful and airy universe. Hanne Hukkelberg pushes the boundaries of pop music and hits the listener with both lightness and heaviness.
Price for more than 20 years
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, who receive kr 50,000 as well as a trophy and a diploma, both designed by artist Magne Furuholmen.
– With the EDVARD Prize, we highlight some of the most beautiful music created in the previous year. The purpose is both to honor and thank individual creators, but also to raise awareness about the important work that composers, lyricists and songwriters do, says TONO's communications manager, Willy Martinsen.
The jury for the EDVARD Prize 2020 has consisted of Peter Edwards (Norwegian Composers' Association), Kristin Norderval (Norwegian Composers' Association), Torgny Amdam (NOPA), Samsaya Sharma (NOPA), Sten Ove Toft (Independent), Ole Børud (Independent), Thomas Wettergren (Music Publishers) and jury chair Stine Lieng (Music Publishers)
About TONO:
TONO was founded in 1928 and is a non-profit cooperative owned and managed by authors (composers and lyricists) and music publishers, and 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 34,000 members, but also works for approximately three million authors and music publishers from around the world. TONO's social role is twofold, on the one hand collecting and simplifying the licensing of protected music and on the other hand providing music creators with an economic basis for creating new musical works. TONO's turnover in 2019 was kr 771 millions.
For more information:
Willy Martinsen, communications manager at TONO, willy.martinsen@tono.no, mobile 909 65 254.