(Oslo, September 19, 2020) Therese Birkelund Ulvo has been awarded TONO's EDVARD Prize 2020 in the category "Contemporary" for the work "In the Cage". The prize consists of kr 50,000,- as well as a trophy and a diploma designed by Magne Furuholmen.
/ 19/09/2020 / Willy MartinsenTherese Birkelund Ulvo was presented with the EDVARD Prize today by EDVARD jury member and music publisher Thomas Wettergren.
– It was very surprising and very unexpected. It was incredibly nice just to be nominated with very nice co-nominated people. It is a great honor, said Birkelund Ulvo when she received the award.
The award ceremony was held as a surprise during an interview outdoors in Oslo today with the P2 program NRK Spillerom.
You can listen to the program here..
The story continues below the video.
The jury's reasoning:
“In the Cage” is part of Therese Birkelund Ulvo’s loudspeaker work “13 Ways to Tame a Beast”. The work is an installation and is performed in the form of six sound stations, or “worlds within the universe”, as Ulvo describes it herself. The movement, station, work or world “In the Cage” is a nuanced, slowly building tone poem, which explores the orchestra’s sonic potential in time and space. Ulvo has literally torn apart the orchestral ensemble and with “13 Ways to Tame a Beast” has created a 32-channel sound installation. In “In the Cage” she carefully rebuilds the orchestra in a concentrated and condensed form. Using sonic building blocks she creates a tension and a pause in time and space.
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.