Meet the five nominated Nordic composers, listen to their magnificent music and celebrate the winner of the 10th Annual HARPA Nordic Film Composer Award.

The award ceremony will take place on Monday, Feb 24th at the Auditorium of the Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies/ Nordische Botschaften, Rauchstrasse 1, 10787 Berlin as part of the Nordic Film Music Days.

The nominees are Kåre Bjerkø (Denmark) for “The Truth Will Out”, Panu Aaltio (Finland) for “Luontosinfonia”, Gyda Valtysdottir (Iceland) for “Mihkel”, Gaute Storaas (Norway) for “Bröllup, Begravning och Dop”, and Anders Niska & Klas Wahl (Sweden) for “Balloons over Babylon.”

Past winners of HARPA Nordic Film Composer Award:

2010 Gothenburg | Dani Strömbäck (Finland) | Letters to Father Jacob

2011 Copenhagen | Gaute Storaas (Norway) | Elias og jakten på havets gull

2012 Reykjavik |Fredrik Emilson (Sweden) | Kronjuvelarna

2013 Trondheim |Tuomas Kantelinen (Finland) | Puhdistus

2014 Espoo | Matti Bye (Sweden) | Faro

2016 Berlin | Atli Örvarsson | Rams

2016 Berlin | Honor award | Johann Johannsson (Iceland)

2017 Berlin and Cannes | Sune Martin (Denmark) | Land of Mine

2017 Berlin and Cannes | Honor award | Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (Denmark)

2018 Berlin| Daníel Bjarnason (Iceland) | Under the Tree

2019 Berlin | Davíð Þór Jónsson and director Benedikt Erlingsson (Iceland)| Woman at war

This event is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC and FREE OF CHARGE!

Please be aware that there are a limited number of seats. Latecome'rs will be able to attend the Award ceremony through a life screening at the foyer.