The Prize
THE BOARD ANNALY ELECTS, on the assumption that there are qualified candidates, one or two recipients of the Prize of The Jussi Björling Society.
A meritorious person can be either of:
- Nordic tenor studying singing or at the beginning of his career. He shall also be invited, if possible, to appear at a public concert
- Nordic person who has promoted knowledge about or interest in the life and art of Jussi Björling
The prize was instituted in 2008.
Winners:
2008 Mats Carlsson, tenor, listen here
2009 No prize
2010 Nils Olsson, tenor, listen here
2011 Harald Henrysson och Roger Alderstrand
2012 Joachim Bäckström, tenor, listen here
2013 Christian Juslin, tenor, listen here
2014 Daniel Johansson, tenor, listen here
2015 Markus Pettersson, tenor, listen here
2016 Ole Aleksander Bang, listen here
2017 Bror Magnus Tödenes, listen here
2018 none awarded
2019 Per Lindström
2021 Tim Augustin
