This year’s prestigious Nordic Council Music Prize goes to the Finnish musician and clarinettist Kari Kriikku. Kriikku enjoys great international recognition and is known as a brilliant exponent and ambassador of modern music.
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The prize committee write in their justification: "Kari Kriikku is an extraordinary virtuoso on his instrument the clarinet. His performance is characterised by flexibility and a positive musician’s joy - he is a musician in the best sense of the word.”
The prize is worth DKK 350,000 and will be presented during the Nordic Council's Session in Stockholm at the end of October.
Read more from the Nordic Council of Ministers website.
Click here to learn more about Kari Kriikku and the other nominees and to listen to extracts from their music