The 19th Icelandic Music Awards took place in Harpa on February 20th 2013. Below are the nominees and winners in each category.
1. SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR (Pop & Rock)
Ásgeir Trausti – For songs of the album Dýrð í dauðaþögn
Jónas Sigurðsson – For songs of the album Þar sem himin ber við haf.
Moses Hightower – For songs of the album Önnur Mósebók.
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson – For songs of the album Retro Stefson.
Valdimar Guðmundsson, Ásgeir Aðalsteinsson, Kristinn Evertsson og Högni Þorsteinsson (Band: Valdimar) – For songs of the album Um stund.
2. SONG OF THE YEAR (Pop & Rock)
Baldursbrá – Ojba Rasta – Song & Lyrics by Arnljótur Sigurðsson.
Glow – Retro Stefson – Song & Lyrics by Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson.
Leyndarmál – Ásgeir Trausti – Song: Ásgeir Trausti, Lyrics: Einar Georg Einarsson & Júlíus Aðalsteinn Róbertsson.
Sjáum hvað setur – Moses Hightower – Song: Moses Hightower, Lyrics: Andri Ólafsson & Steingrímur Karl Teague.
Tenderloin – Tilbury – Song & Lyrics by Þormóður Dagsson.
3. MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues)
Andri Ólafsson – For vocals on Önnur Mósebók by Moses Hightower
Ásgeir Trausti – For vocals on Dýrð í dauðaþögn by Ásgeir Trausti
Steingrímur Teague – For vocals on Önnur Mósebók by Moses Hightower
Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson – For various performances with Retro Stefson, Nýdönsk and in TV-show Áramótamót Hljómskálans.
Valdimar Guðmundsson – For various live performances and vocals on number of albums and on TV-show Hljómskálinn.
4. FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues)
Andrea Gylfadóttir – For vocals with Todmobile and on her 50th Birthday Concert.
Eivör – For vocals on the album Room by Eivör.
Ellen Kristjánsdóttir – For vocals on the albums Sönglög by Ellen Kristjáns and Í blómabrekkunni by Mannakorn.
Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir – For vocals on the Of Monsters and Men concert in Hljómskálagarðurinn and at Iceland Airwaves.
Sigríður Thorlacius – For various performances on concerts and albums.
5. LIVE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Pop, Rock, Jazz and Blues)
Jónas Sigurðsson og Lúðrasveit Þorlákshafnar
Retro Stefson
Sigur Rós
Skálmöld
Skúli Sverrisson
6. ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Pop & Rock)
Division of Culture and Tourism – Ghostigital.
Dýrð í dauðaþögn – Ásgeir Trausti.
God’s Lonely Man – Pétur Ben.
Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson.
Um stund – Valdimar.
Þar sem himin ber við haf – Jónas Sigurðsson.
Önnur Mósebók – Moses Hightower.
7. COMPOSER OF THE YEAR (Jazz & Blues)
Agnar Már Magnússon – For compositions on the album Hylur.
Andrés Þór Gunnlaugsson – For compositions on the album Mónókróm.
Scott McLemore – For compositions on the album Remote Control.
Skúli Sverrisson – For compositions on the album The Box Tree.
Tómas R. Einarsson – For compositions on the album Laxness.
8. COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR (Jazz & Blues)
Bjartur – by Tómas R. Einarsson.
Fragments – by Skúli Sverrisson.
Mónókróm – by Andrés Þór Gunnlaugsson.
Remote Location – by Scott McLemore.
9. ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Jazz & Blues)
Hylur – Agnar Már Magnússon.
Morgana’s Revenge – Björn Thoroddsen og Richard Gillis.
Mónókrom – Andrés Þór Gunnlaugsson.
Remote Location – Scott McLemore.
The Box Tree – Skúli Sverrisson og Óskar Guðjónsson.
10. LYRICIST OF THE YEAR (All Categories)
Andri Ólafsson og Steingrímur Teague – For lyrics on the album Önnur Mósebók by Moses Hightower.
Einar Georg Einarsson – For lyrics on the album Dýrð í dauðaþögn by Ásgeir Trausti.
Hjalti Þorkelsson, Guðni Gunnarsson og Eiríkur Fannar Torfason (Hljómsveitin Múgsefjun) – For lyrics on the album Múgsefjun by Múgsefjun.
Jónas Sigurðsson – For lyrics on the album Þar sem himin ber við haf by Jónas Sigurðsson.
Snæbjörn Ragnarsson – For lyrics on the album Börn Loka by Skálmöld.
11. MUSIC EVENT OF THE YEAR (All Categories)
Iceland Airwaves
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
Mugison in Harpa
Reykjavik Midsummer Music
Sigur Rós at Iceland Airwaves
Tectonics
12. PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (All Categories)
Alex Sommers & Sigur Rós – For Valtari by Sigur Rós.
Christopher Tarnow – For Winterreise with Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson and Kristinn Sigmundsson.
Georg Magnússon – For Abel with the Nordic Affect group.
Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson – For the albums Dýrð í dauðaþögn, Okkar menn á Havana, music in TV show Hljómskálinn and more projects.
Magnús Árni Öder Kristinsson – For the albums Moment with Lára Rúnars and Önnur Mósebók with Moses Hightower.
Styrmir Hauksson & Hermigervill – For Retro Stefson by Retro Stefson.
13. COMPOSER OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Anna Þorvaldsdóttir – For Scape.
Áskell Másson – For Hornkonsert.
Daníel Bjarnason – For The Isle is Full of Noises & Over the Light Earth.
Hugi Guðmundsson – For Orkestur.
Þórður Magnússon – For Saxófónkvartett.
14. COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Hornkonsert -by Áskell Másson.
The Isle is Full of Noises by Daníel Bjarnason.
Orkestur by Hugi Guðmundsson.
Saxófónkvartett by Þórður Magnússon.
Scape by Anna Þorvaldsdóttir.
15. LIVE PERFORMER OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Einar Jóhannesson – For his performance at Reykjavik Midsummer Music in Harpa last June.
Elfa Rún Kristinsdóttir – Fyrir fiðlupartinn í Sinfonia concertante eftir Mozart á tónleikum Sinfóníuhljómsveitar Íslands sl. vor og flutning með kammersveit sinni Kaleidoscope á tónlistarhátíð í Hörpu í október.
Joseph Ognibene and Petri Sakari – Fyrir frumflutning á Hornkonserti Áskels Mássonar með Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands.
Mótettukór Hallgrímskirkju – Fyrir flutning á Níundu sinfóníu Beethovens, Messu í c-moll eftir Mozart og Óttusöngva á vori eftir Jón Nordal og margt fleira á sérlega öflugu 30 ára afmælisári sínu.
Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands – Á árinu tókst hljómsveitin á við margbreytileg verk á áræðinn og ferskan hátt. Meðal hápunkta ársins má nefna Beethoven-hringinn og Tectonics hátíðina.
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson – Fyrir flutning bæði sem einleikari og kammermúsikspilari á fjölmörgum tónleikum. Hann miðlar tónlistinni á persónulegan og einlægan hátt og tekur áheyrendur með sér í ferðalag inn í undraveröld tónlistarinnar.
16. MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Ágúst Ólafsson – For the performance of Des Knaben Wunderhorn in Salurinn, Kópavogur, last October.
Gissur Páll Gissurarson – For Rodolfo in La Boheme.
Hrólfur Sæmundsson – For Shaunards in La Boheme.
Kristinn Sigmundsson – For his performance together with Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson last November where he sang works by Schumann, Mahler and Wolf.
Viðar Gunnarsson – For Ferrando in Il Trovatore.
17. FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Alina Dubik – For Azucena in Il Trovatore.
Elsa Waage – For Azucena in Il Trovatore.
Herdís Anna Jónasdóttir – for Musetta in La Boheme and more.
Hulda Björk Garðarsdóttir – For Mimi in La Boheme and Leonora in Il Trovatore.
Þóra Einarsdóttir – For Mimi in La Boheme and her solo part in Mozart’s C-moll Messe.
18. ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Classical & Contemporary)
Abel – Nordic Affect and Georgia Browne.
Klarinettukonsertar – Einar Jóhannesson and Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
Ljóð/Lieder/Songs – Auður Gunnarsdóttir and Andrej Hovrin.
Stafnbúi – Steindór Andersen and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson.
Vetrarferðin (Winterreise) – Kristinn Sigmundsson and Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson.
19. BEST NEWCOMER (Jazz, Classical & Contemporary)
Andri Björn Róbertsson, bassabaritón
Eva Þórarinsdóttir, fiðluleikari
Jóhann Már Nardeau, trompetleikari
Tómas Jónsson, píanó – og hljómborðsleikari
20. BEST NEWCOMER (Pop, rock and blues)
Ásgeir Trausti
Kiriyama Family
Ojba rasta
Tilbury
White Signal
Ylja
21. BEST ALBUM COVER
Skúli Sverrisson og Óskar Guðjónsson – The Box Tree – Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir og Orri Jónsson
Sigur rós – Valtari – Ingibjörg og Lilja Birgisdætur
Borko – Born To Be Free – Bobby Breiðholt
Retro Stefson – Retro Stefson – Halli Civelek
Ojba Rasta – Ojba Rasta – Ragnar Fjalar Lárusson
22. BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Úlfur – Black Shore – Máni Sigfússon
Sykur – CURLING – Addi Atlondres / Þorgeir F. Óðinsson / Einar Bragi Rögnvaldsson
FM Belfast – DELOREAN – Magnús Leifsson
Retro Stefson – GLOW – Magnús Leifsson
Björk – MUTUAL CORE – Andrew Thomas Huang
OTHER AWARDS:
Public Choice Award – Ásgeir Trausti.
Icelandicmusic.com’s Online Achievement Award – Ásgeir Trausti.
Loftbrú Award for achivement abroad – Sólstafir.
Special recognition for an album outside of the offical Icelandic Music Awards categoris – Kjuregej for Lævirkinn.
Innovation Award – Reykjavik Midsummer Music.