Performing artist and lyricist Ragnar Olsen has been awarded TONO's Edvard Prize 2013 in the category "Text for music". - Overwhelming, summarizes the prize winner.
/ 12/09/2013 / codexThe Edvard Prize, named after Edvard Grieg, is an award TONO awards to composers and songwriters for outstanding musical works of high artistic quality. The prize consists of a scholarship of 50,000 kroner, a unique trophy by Bruno Oldani and a diploma. Ragnar Olsen receives the prize for "Querini – an opera on Røst", a collaborative work with composer Henning Sommero.
Olsen has been a TONO member since 1977, and has so far registered more than 300 works with the organization.
The EDVARD jury in 2013 consisted of jury chair Ingrid Kindem (NOPA – Norwegian Association of Composers and Lyricists), Kari Bremnes (NOPA), Arvid Wam Solvang (NOPA), Nils Henrik Asheim (NKF – Norwegian Composers’ Association), Lars Petter Hagen (NKF) and Jan Stefan Bengtsson (Norwegian Music Publishers’ Association).
The formal presentation of the award was made by Edvard Prize jury member Kari Bremnes during the premiere of "Jeppe" at Hålogaland Theatre on September 11, a work for which Olsen has written the texts in collaboration with Ketil Høegh. Willy Martinsen, Head of Communications at TONO, mob. 909 65 254, e-mail: