Prizes

Festival Grand Prix (Cash Prizes):

- For this edition of Northern Lights Piano Festival, we have introduced the Grand Prix (Cash Prizes). From each category (both repertoire and performance), each jury may nominate winners to be considered for the Grand Prix cash prizes. After all categories are judged and finalized, the Main Jury, including the President and Vice-President, may then choose to award the following prizes:

• Absolute Festival Grand Prix: €1,000 (on descretion of the jury)

• 1st Festival Grand Prix: €500

• 2nd Festival Grand Prix: €300

• 3rd Festival Grand Prix: €200

Performance Classes Prizes:

-Prizes for each class:

• 1 Performance Grand Prix (on discretion of the the jury)

• ca 3 Gold Prizes

• ca 6 Silver Prizes

• ca 10 Bronze Prizes

  + Diplomas

- Prize winners will receive a Prize Certificate with name and specific prize mention.

- All participants will receive a comment from a jury member.

- Prize winners applying to professional music institutions have the possibility to ask for recommendation from President or Vice President of the jury, inside year of the competition.

- Possibility, on discretion of the jury, to be invited to Master classes in Sweden and other countries.

Repertoire Classes Prizes:

-Prizes for each class:

• 100 points: Grand Prix (on discretion of the the jury)

• 90 / 100 points and above: Gold Prize

• 85 / 100 points and above: Silver Prize

• 80 / 100 points and above: Bronze Prize

Participants will be judged and awarded points based on their age at the time of application.
There is no limit to the number of each prize

- Prize winners will receive a Prize Certificate with name and specific prize mention.

- All participants will receive a comment from a jury member.

- Prize winners applying to professional music institutions have the possibility to ask for recommendation from President or Vice President of the jury, inside year of the competition.

- Possibility, on discretion of the jury, to be invited to Master classes in Sweden and other countries.

All participants will receive:

• a Diploma by e-mail commemorating their participation in the festival (Certificates and diplomas useful in applying for elite schools and universities across the world)

• an e-mail with a personalized comment from a jury member.

• have the possibility to join our exclusive online community group on Facebook, where you can connect to each other and share the joy of piano playing.

Teacher Awards:

We would also like to recognize the work and commitment of piano pedagogues in this festival. Teachers play a most important role in the development of students’ music making, and carrying on the traditions of Classical Music. We have three categories of awards to recognize our teachers and musical institutions:

• Teacher Commitment Award recognizes educators who exhibit remarkable dedication to pedagogy by fostering student motivation through the submission of over 10 applications, regardless of the number of students represented.

• Teacher Achievement Award: teachers who demonstrate pedagogical excellence through a cumulative student prize count of 3 or more gold awards (e.g. one student can win 3 golds in 3 separate categories, or 3 students can win 1 gold each)

• Arts Community Award: institutions, organizations, and/or local music schools who demonstrate tremendous commitment to the improvement and motivation of their community by involving 25 or more students.

• Nordic Piano Master Award honors educators from Nordic countries who have significantly elevated the standard of Nordic piano performance and enriched the festival with exceptional Nordic piano students (on discretion of the jury).

• Teacher honorary mention, to educators whose multiple students have excelled in the festival (on discretion of the jury).