Rune Glerup awarded The 2024 Nordic Council Music Prize

Composer and RDAM teacher Rune Glerup receives the award for 'On Light and Lightness’

RDAM teacher Rune Glerup (b. 1981) has been awarded The 2024 Nordic Council Music Prize for his violin concerto ‘Om Lys og Lethed’ from 2022.

In its motivation, The Nordic Council writes: ‘The concerto was commissioned by the DR Symphony Orchestra and was written for and in close dialogue with the violinist Isabelle Faust. The work marks a high point in Glerup’s long and remarkable career. His compositions have always been uncompromising, tightly structured, and clear. In "Om Lys og Lethed" he conjures an unmistakable vulnerability, which enters into a beautiful balance with his more objective, sculptural, and crystal-clear soundscapes.’

The Nordic Council Music Prize is awarded every second year to a work by a living composer and every second year to a large or small ensemble.

Rune Glerup's string quartet ‘Perhaps Thus The End’ is performed by the Diotima Quartet at RDAM on Thursday 28 November at 19:30.

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