The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded annually by NOMUS, the Nordic Music Committee. Every two years it is awarded for a work by a living composer. In the intervening years it is awarded to a performing musician or ensemble. The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS) The Nordic Council has four art committees: The Nordic Literature and Library Committee (NORDBOK) The Nordic Music Committee (NOMUS) The Nordic Centre for the Performing Arts (NordScen) The Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art (NIFCA) NOMUS consists of two delegates from each of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland) and observers from the three areas with self-rule (Greenland, the Faroe Islands and the Åland Islands ). NOMUS awards grants to promote musical co-operation in the Nordic Region; subsidizes commissioned works, musical performances, seminars, conferences and educational courses; and acts as the secretariat and jury of the Nordic Council Music Prize. The Nordic Council Music Prize This prize was launched in 1965 and was originally awarded once every three years. Since 1990, however, the prize has been awarded every year. In alternate years it is awarded to a piece of music by a living Nordic composer and to a small or large musical ensemble of high artistic and technical standards. It is currently worth 350,000 Danish kroner. Winners The winners of the Nordic Council Music Prize to date have been: 1965 Aniara (opera) by Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Sweden 1968 Tredje symfonien (Third symphony) by Joonas Kokkonen, Finland 1970 Drömmen om Thérèse (arenaopera) by Lars Johan Werle, Sweden 1972 Eco (soprano solo, mixed choir, orchestra) by Arne Nordheim, Norway 1974 Gilgamesh (opera) by Per Nørgård, Denmark 1976 Konsert för flöjt och orkester by Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Iceland 1978 Ryttaren (opera) by Aulis Sallinen, Finland 1980 Symfoni/Antifoni by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Denmark 1982 Utopia by Åke Hermanson, Sweden 1984 De ur alla minnen fallna (Requiem) by Sven-David Sandström, Sweden 1986 Poemi for solo violin and string orchestra by Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Iceland 1988 Kraft (symphonic orchestra, electronics) by Magnus Lindberg, Finland 1990 Gjennom Prisme (cello, organ, orchestra) by Olav Anton Thommessen, Norway 1991 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Denmark Jazz bass player (artist prize) 1992 Symfoni nr 1 by Anders Eliasson, Sweden 1993 Mellersta Österbottens Kammarorkester, Finland (artist prize) 1994 Det Sjungande Trädet (opera) by Erik Bergman, Finland 1995 Eric Ericson, Sweden, choir conductor (artist prize) 1996 Sterbende Gärten concerto for violin and orchestra by Bent Sørensen, Denmark 1997 Björk