Saturday night the Norwegian Grammy Awards 2012 was held in Oslo. The most prestigious price, ‘Årets Spellemann’ (Musician of the Year) was awarded to Jarle Bernhoft for his work both on a national and international level.
(Click here to see him perform his song “C’mon Talk” on The Ellen Show.)
– I believe the jury awarded me with this prize because I am ‘a genuine musician‘. I often hold concerts completely alone. And this year has been absolutely fantastic. I only can say ‘thank you’, says Bernhodt to NRK.
– A bit of a chock
The jury said that Bernhoft the past year has been a huge creative and commercial success in Norway, and that he is very skilled in a variety of musical genres.
– The first prize I was somewhat prepared for, but this… I am very proud, said a mildly shocked Bernhoft from the stage in the National Theatre in Oslo when he received the trophy as a proof that he is Musician of the Year, just minutes after he was named best male artist in 2011.
– A thousand, thousand, thousand, thousand thanks. Many thanks, he said.
When last year’s winners, ‘Carpe Diem’, handed him the trophy Bernhoft thought for a moment that he had broken the gramophone that adorns the coveted trophy.
– I’m kind of in shock that something on the gramophone actually is loose, and that it should be loose. I am a little afraid that I will destroy the trophy, as DDE (Norwegian band) did a few years ago, says Bernhoft to NRK.
Source: Norwegian Broadcasting
You will find all the complete list of the Grammy Award nominees below. The winners are highlighted.
Female Artist
ANE BRUN – IT ALL STARTS WITH ONE
HILDE MARIE KJERSEM – LET’S LET GO
MARIT LARSEN – SPARK
SIRI NILSEN – ALLE SNAKKER SANT
Male Artist
BERNHOFT- SOLIDARITY BREAKS
JONAS ALASKA – JONAS ALASKA
ODD NORDSTOGA – BESTEVENN
SIVERT HØYEM – LONG SLOW DISTANCE
Musician of the Year
BERNHOFT
Honorary Award
JAN EGGUM
Hit of the Year
GABRIELLE – RING MEG
ADMIRAL P – SNAKKE LITT
PLUMBO – MØKKAMANN
ERIK & KRISS – ØLBRILLER
STELLA MWANGI – HABA HABA
Pop Group
EVA & THE HEARTMAKER – DOMINOES
KATZENJAMMER – A KISS BEFORE YOU GO
MONTÉE – RENDITION OF YOU
REAL ONES – FIRST NIGHT ON EARTH
TEAM ME – TO THE TREETOPS
Contemporary Music
HÅKON AUSTBØ – WANTED
HÅKON THELIN – LIGHT
OSLO PHIL.ORCH/HESBY/SARASTE/GUPTA NORDHEIM: – EPITAFFIO
Rock
HONNINGBARNA – LA ALARMANE GÅ
JOHN OLAV NILSEN & GJENGEN – DET NÆRMESTE DU KOMMER
KAIZERS ORCHESTRA – VIOLETA VIOLETA VOLUME I
OSLO ESS – ULESTE BØKER OG UTGÅTTE SKO
RUMBLE IN RHODOS – SIGNS OF FERVENT DEVOTION
Blues
AMUND MAARUD – ELECTRIC
KNUT REIERSRUD & MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN – ONE DROP IS PLENTY
RITA ENGEDALEN – CHAPELS AND BARS
Country
EARLYBIRD STRINGBAND – BLIND SIDES
NI LIV – LANGHELG
ONKEL TUKA – HVIT HONNING
Black Metal
INSENSE – BURN IN BEAUTIFUL FIRE
SHINING – LIVE BLACKJAZZ
TAAKE – NOREGS VAAPEN
VREID – V
ÅRABROT – SOLAR ANUS
Electronica
BIOSPHERE – N-PLANTS
BUGGE WESSELTOFT & HENRIK SCHWARZ – WESSELTOFT SCHWARZ DUO
CASIOKIDS – AABENBARINGEN OVER AASKAMMEN
Hip-hop
JODDSKI – BENSIN PÅ BÅLET
LARS VAULAR – DU BETYR MEG
SON OF LIGHT – WAR OF THE WORDS
Folk Music
HEKLA STÅLSTRENGA – MAKRAMÉ
JUUSK – JUUSK
RAGNHILD FUREBOTTEN – NEVER ON A SUNDAY
ØYSTEIN SANDBUKT – NORMØR
Dance Orchestra
DÆNSEBÆNDET – VI TALAS
HANNE METTE – VÅR
OLE IVARS – 34
Jazz
HELGE LIEN TRIO – NATSUKASHII
HÅKON KORNSTAD – SYMPHONIES IN MY HEAD
MATS EILERTSEN – SKYDIVE
NILS PETTER MOLVÆR – BABOON MOON
OLA KVERNBERG – LIARBIRD
Classical Music
HENNING KRAGGERUD, LARS ANDERS TOMTER/ CHRISTOPH RICHTER – MOZART DIVERTIMENTO IN E FLAT MAJOR
LEIF OVE ANDSNES/ CHRISTIAN TETZLAFF/ TANJA TETZLAF SCHUMANN – COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO TRIO
TRULS MØRK CPE – BACH: CHELLO CONCERTOS
VILDE FRANG – GRIEG/BARTOK/STRAUSS: VIOLIN SONATAS
Songwriter
AASMUND NORDSTOGA – TOLV DAGAR I JOLA
BEATE S. LECH – MIN SORG OG HJARTESKATT
KIM ANDRÉ RYSSTAD – VEGEN
STEIN TORLEIF BJELLA – VONDE VISU
SUSANNA WALLUMRØD – JEG VIL HJEM TIL MENNESKENE
Children’s Record
DUNDERLY – MONSTERMOS
OSLO SOUL CHILDREN – LOVE
TONJE UNSTAD – MYGGA OG FLUA
Open Group
BARUT – INGA JUUSO BALGGIS
BIRET RISTIN SARA ÁIDNEN
FARGESPILL – FARGESPILL
INGA JUUSO SKAIDI & STEINAR RAKNES HEADLAND – SKÁIDEGEACHI
SUSANNE LUNDENG – MOT
Textwriter
JONAS ALASKA JONAS ALASKA
LARS VAULAR DU BETYR MEG
MARIA MENA VICTORIA
MARTIN HAGFORS I LIKE YOU
ODD NORDSTOGA BESTEVENN
Composer
ANE BRUN IT ALL STARTS WITH ONE
HILDE MARIE KJERSEM LET’S LET OG
MARIT LARSEN SPARK
ROLF WALLIN (BODØ SINFONIETTA/ EGGEN/LUNDENG/TORJESEN) WIRE AND STRING
SYNNE SKOUEN CALL-NOTES
Rookie of the Year, included the Grammy Scholarship:
HONNINGBARNA – LA ALARMANE GÅ
JONAS ALASKA – JONAS ALASKA
RAGNHILD HEMSING – YR
RAZIKA – PROGRAM 91
TEAM ME – TO THE TREETOPS
Video of the Year:
ENVY – ONE SONG
ANE BRUN – DO YOU REMEMBER
COLD MAILMAN – TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
SIVERT HØYEM – UNDER ADMINISTRATION
CASIOKIDS – DET HASTER
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