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Nordic Music Days in the Faroe Islands is postponed until 2021

After many considerations and on the recommendation of the Faroese authorities, we regret to have to postpone this year’s Nordic Music Days in the Faroe Islands until 2021. The Faroe Islands are currently corona-free but[…]

Statement from the Nordic Council of Composers’ meeting, March 16th 2020

All composers in the Nordic countries, regardless of gender, must have equal opportunities to obtain a reasonable substantial payment for their compositional work. On March 16th, the Nordic Council of Composers met, within safe corona[…]

Nordic Music Days 2019 – Media coverage

Nordic Music Days is owned by The Council of Nordic Composers, and is the largest and oldest international arena for the performance and presentation of new Nordic art music. In 2019, the festival was organised[…]

The Nordic Council of Composers’ honorary prize for 2019 is awarded to UNM

Returning to its tradition of awarding honorary prizes to candidates who have served the interests of Nordic composers and their lives in exceptional ways, The Nordic Composition Council awards this year’s honorary prize to UNM (Ung[…]

The NCC presenting at the Nordic Orchestra Conference

The Nordic Council of Composers were present at the 43rd Nordic Orchestra Conference in Copenhagen 22-24 October, where representatives Jørgen Karlstrøm (Norsk Komponistforening), Martin Jonsson Tibblin (Foreningen Svenske Tonsättare) and Sine Tofte Hannibal (Dansk Komponistforening)[…]

New Research: A look at the art music repertoire in Sweden

What repertoire is being performed by the publicly funded music institutions that annually play over 100,000 minutes of Western art music? This question is the basis for a topical report produced by the Swedish Association[…]