Nobel Peace Prize Concert

{{Short description|Annual concert in Oslo, Norway}}

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The Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Norwegian and Swedish: {{lang|sv|{{lang|no|Nobels fredspriskonsert}}}}) has been held annually since 1994 on 11 December to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceremony on 10 December takes place in Oslo City Hall, while the concert has been held at Oslo Spektrum, with the attendance of the laureate and other prominent guests. The Concert is broadcast to a global audience and reaches up to 350 million households in 100 countries.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

In 2015 the concert venue was moved from Oslo Spektrum to the much larger Telenor Arena. The concert was held there until it was cancelled in 2018, replaced by an outdoor Nobel Peace Party which was organised outside the Oslo City Hall. In 2021 the Concert was relaunched in collaboration with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, architectural firm Snøhetta and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Nobel Peace Prize Concert - Nobel Peace Prize |url=https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-prize/about-the-nobel-peace-prize/nobel-peace-prize-celebrations/nobel-peace-prize-concert |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=www.nobelpeaceprize.org |language=en}}

The concert features performers from a wide range of musical genres with the exception of the 1995 concert, which featured only classical works. Several editions of the concert are recorded, with different lengths and content, for airing in different countries.

The hosts give descriptions of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate's work as well as an interview with the laureate. The laureate gives a speech during the concert.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

2018-2020 Hiatus

In 2018, the concert organizers announced that the show would be put on hiatus for 2018, hoping to hold a relaunched concert the following year. The official website stated, "The decision emerges from a wish to re-think the concert format and content but also reflects the challenging financial situation of the concert in recent years. Moreover, people’s media preferences have undergone radical change since the first concert in 1994. This is something the concert organizers and producers are keenly aware of as they move forward. We have struggled to maintain an appropriate level of financing and want to use the year ahead to develop a new format for the concert. Our ambition is to launch a renewed and better concert in 2019. [...] We plan to use this break to further develop the format and strengthen the financing beyond the continuing and generous support of our long term Norwegian sponsors. The firmer our financial base, the stronger our independence in choice of concert format and profile, say concert producers Odd Arvid Strømstad (Warner Bros. Norway) and Kristian Kirkvaag (Gyro)."{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Laureates, hosts and artists by year

Since planning starts in January, the artists invited to the concert aren't typically connected to the winner, who is announced in October. However, a few late additions are usually made to reflect the winner. Originally, the show was hosted by Norwegian celebrities or television personalities. However, since the year 2000 hosts have with few exceptions come from the United States. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra is the main orchestra every year.

=1994=

=1995=

;Laureates: Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

This year a concert featuring only classical works was held.

=1996=

=1997=

;Laureates: International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and Jody Williams

;Host: Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

;Artists:

;Producers:

Harry Connick Jr brought 35 musicians with him on stage, when performing at the concert in 1997.

=1998=

;Laureates: John Hume and David Trimble

;Host: Åse Kleveland

;Artists:

;Producers:

At the concert in 1998, American TV network Fox, did not include A-ha's performance, which was edited out. Another performance edited out by Fox in 1998, was Norwegian artist Espen Lind's "Pop From Hell". The word "hell" was not the problem, but the following sentence: "You make me so hard/because you're a star". A Fox-producer stated it would be too much to take for the American family audience. Espen Lind was told his performance would not be edited out if he did not include the word "hard" in the song, but he would not change the lyrics. He said he did not want to let himself be controlled by a double-moralistic American family channel, and that such compromises were not acceptable for him to make.

=1999=

=2000=

=2001=

;Laureates: The United Nations and Kofi Annan

;Hosts: Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep

;Artists:

The 2001 concert's closing song was "Let It Be", performed by Paul McCartney and the other artists.

=2002=

;Laureate: Jimmy Carter

;Hosts: Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange

;Artists:

The Grand Finale in 2002, performed by all the artists, was "Imagine" by John Lennon.

= 2003 =

;Laureate: Shirin Ebadi

;Hosts: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas

;Artists:

The Grand Finale in 2003, sung by all the artists, was "Imagine". Robert Plant sang and changed the word "religion" with "division" in the sentence "Nothing to kill or die for/ And no division too".

= 2004 =

;Laureate: Wangari Maathai

;Hosts: Oprah Winfrey and Tom Cruise

;Artists:

The use of Tom Cruise as a host created some controversy both from people fearing it could be used to promote Scientology[http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2004/10/27/412596.html Article in Dagbladet on Cruise, Scientology and the Concert (Norwegian)] Retrieved 12 December 2006 and from people who were unhappy with his supportive statements on the Iraq War.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2282774.stm Article from BBC NEWS on Cruise and Spielberg backing the war in Iraq] Retrieved 12 December 2006 There was however no mention of Scientology during the concert and Cruise has stated his remarks on the war were misquoted. The Grand Finale was led by Patti LaBelle. For the third year in a row, the song chosen for the finale was John Lennon's "Imagine".

= 2005 =

;Laureates: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohamed ElBaradei

;Hosts: Julianne Moore and Salma Hayek

;Artists:

The Grand Finale in 2005, sung by all the artists, was "Give Peace a Chance".

=2006=

;Laureates: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank

;Hosts: Sharon Stone and Anjelica Huston

;Artists:

The artists joined Lionel Richie on stage at the end of the show when/after he was singing "All Night Long".

=2007=

;Laureates: Al Gore and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

;Hosts: Kevin Spacey (short notice cancellation by Tommy Lee Jones) and Uma Thurman{{Cite web|url=http://www.bt.no/bergenpuls/kultur/article441054.ece|title=Article in BT on the concert}}

;Artists:

=2008=

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;Laureate: Martti Ahtisaari

;Hosts: Scarlett Johansson{{cite news |title=Nobel Institute nabs high-profile concert host|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2725436.ece |work=Aftenposten |date=21 October 2008 |access-date=20 November 2008 }} & Michael Caine{{cite news |title= Michael Caine to co-host Nobel Concert|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/28/europe/EU-Norway-Nobel-Peace-Concert.php |agency=Associated Press |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=28 October 2008 |access-date=20 November 2008 }}

;Artists:

The artists joined Diana Ross on stage at the end of the show when/after she was singing "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)".

=2009=

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;Laureate: Barack Obama (did not attend the concert)

;Hosts: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith with additional appearance by their children Jaden Smith and Willow Smith

;Artists:

The Grand Finale in 2009, sung by all the artists, was Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror".{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/fashion/hairstyles-smith-kids-willow-jaden-rock-obama-nobel-peace-prize-concert-norway-article-1.434841|title=Hairstyles of Will Smith's kids, Willow and Jaden, rock Obama's Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway|first=Soraya|last=Roberts|work=New York Daily News|date=12 December 2009}}

=2010=

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;Laureate: Liu Xiaobo (absent)

;Hosts: Denzel Washington and Anne Hathaway{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/rampelys/artikkel.php?artid=10033451 |title=Denzel Washington leder Nobelkonserten – VG Nett om Nobels fredspris |publisher=Vg.no |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=6 October 2013}}

;Artists:

All artists performed Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" as the finale to the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

=2011=

;Laureates: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Roberta Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman

;Hosts: Helen Mirren and Rosario Dawson{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/24/kultur/musikk/film/19150306/ |title=Hollywood-stjerne leder Nobelkonserten – kultur |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=24 November 2011 |access-date=6 October 2013}}

;Artists:

All artists joined with Angélique Kidjo on the stage singing the song "Move On Up" as the finale to the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

=2012=

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;Laureate: European Union

;Hosts: Sarah Jessica Parker and Gerard Butler{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Sex-og-singelliv-stjernen-leder-Nobelkonserten-7047221.html |title=Sex og singelliv-stjernen leder Nobelkonserten – Aftenposten |publisher=Aftenposten.no |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=6 October 2013}}

;Artists:

  • Susanne Sundfør{{cite web|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/Karpe-Diem-synger-for-fred-og-EU-7032103.html |title=Karpe Diem synger for fred og EU – Aftenposten |publisher=Aftenposten.no |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=6 October 2013}} – "White Foxes"
  • Karpe Diem – "Påfugl" featuring Maria Mena
  • Laleh Pourkarim – "Some Die Young"
  • Jennifer Hudson{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/musikk/artikkel.php?artid=10047973 |title=Hudson og Seal klare for Nobelkonserten – VG Nett |date=7 November 2012 |publisher=Vg.no |access-date=6 October 2013}} – "Night of Your Life" and "I Want to Dance with Somebody" (Finale)
  • Kylie Minogue[http://m.nrk.no/artikkel.jsp?art_id=110596035 Fikk applaus for engasjement] (11 December 2012). nrk.no. – "On a Night Like This", "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
  • Seal – "It's a Man's Man's Man's World", "Kiss from a Rose", "Crazy"
  • Fanfare Ciocărlia{{cite web|author=Lise Grønskar lise.gronskar@dagbladet.no |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2012/11/28/kultur/nobelkonserten/fredspriskonserten/artister/musikk/24591269 |title=Ne-Yo kommer til Norge – kultur |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=28 November 2012 |access-date=6 October 2013}} – "Huricestra"
  • OqueStrada – "Oxala Te Veja"
  • Ne-Yo – "Let Me Love You"
  • Il Volo, "Il Mondo", "We Are Love"
  • Milow – "You Don't Know", "You and me"
  • Maria Mena – "Påfugl" with Karpe Diem
  • Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies and Cliff Masterson (Kylie Minogue set) (featured in all artists performances)

=2013=

;Laureate: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/article/ap-A24zA.html|title=- Fredsprisen kan åpne opp for en bredere Syria-løsning|first=Vibeke|last=Buan|website=Aftenposten}}

;Hosts: Claire Danes{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/49KXV|title="Homeland"-stjerne blir årets Nobelvert|website=www.vg.no|date=30 October 2013 }} and Aaron Eckhart{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/61884025|title=Aaron Eckhart leder Nobelkonserten sammen med Claire Danes|first=Pål|last=Nordseth|date=3 December 2013|website=Dagbladet.no}}

;Artists:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/8g8rE|title=Her er de første Nobelartistene|website=www.vg.no|date=6 November 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/61865604|title=2011: Rystet Norge med 22. juli-utsagn 2013: Spiller på fredspriskonserten|first=THEA STEEN Guro Havro|last=Bjørnstad|date=25 November 2013|website=Dagbladet.no}}

  • Mary J. Blige – "Family Affair", "Just Fine", "One" (finale)
  • James Blunt – "You're Beautiful", "Bonfire Heart", "No Bravery"
  • Envy (aka. Nico & Vinz) – "In Your Arms", "Am I Wrong"
  • Zara Larsson – "Uncover"
  • Morrissey – "Satellite of Love", "People Are The Same Everywhere", "Irish Blood, English Heart"
  • Jake Bugg – "Broken", "A Song About Love"
  • Timbuktu feat. Vinni – "Alla Vill Till Himmelen Men Få Vill Ju Dö", "Let The Monkey Out"
  • Omar Souleyman – "Salamat Galbi Bidek"
  • Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies (featured in all performances)
  • Mosaic (Gospel Choir) (featured in Envy's "Am I Wrong", Timbuktu's "Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö" and "Let the Monkey Out" and Mary J. Blige's "One")

=2014=

;Laureates: Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi

;Host: Queen Latifah{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/60878021|title=Queen Latifah er årets Nobel-vertinne|first=Linn-Christin|last=Marthinussen|date=20 November 2014|website=Dagbladet.no}} (also performed two songs during the show: "I Know Where I've Been" and "U.N: I.T.Y.")

;Artists:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/42Aa6|title=De skal opptre på fredspriskonserten|website=www.vg.no|date=19 November 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/60876619|title=Gabrielle eneste norske bidrag når Malala skal hylles|first=Steinar Solås|last=Suvatne|date=19 November 2014|website=Dagbladet.no}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/60879184|title=Steven Tyler til Nobelkonserten|first=Pål|last=Nordseth|date=21 November 2014|website=Dagbladet.no}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/60886708|title=Norske Kygo gjorde henne til stjerne|first=Pål|last=Nordseth|date=27 November 2014|website=Dagbladet.no}}

Much of the concert of 2014 was influenced by Bollywood performances.

=2015=

;Laureates: Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet{{cite web |url=http://www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org/news/2015-nobel-peace-prize-winner-announced/ |title=2015 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Announced |website=www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092138/http://www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org/news/2015-nobel-peace-prize-winner-announced/ |archive-date=2016-03-04}}

;Hosts: Jay Leno (main program),{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/jay-leno-skal-lede-fredspriskonserten-1.12656619|title=Jay Leno skal lede Fredspriskonserten|first=Cathrine|last=Elnan|date=16 November 2015|website=NRK}} Derek Muller (YouTube backstage host){{cite web |url=http://www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org/news/youtube-sensation-derek-muller-host-live-backstage-show-prior-concert/ |title=YouTube sensation Derek Muller to host live backstage show prior to Concert |website=www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217000722/http://www.nobelpeaceprizeconcert.org/news/youtube-sensation-derek-muller-host-live-backstage-show-prior-concert |archive-date=2015-12-17}}

;Artists:

=2016=

;Laureate: President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos for his peace negotiation efforts with FARC{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37585188|title=Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia president|work=BBC News|date=7 October 2016|via=BBC}}

;Host: Conan O'Brien (also performed a short "traditional Norwegian song" based on Jørn Hoel's "Har en drøm" with the orchestra after Halsey's set)

;Artists:

  • Frøder – "Over the Sea"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3JcI2JWF8U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/r3JcI2JWF8U |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=FRØDER – OVER THE SEA – The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Concert|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}This selection was performed before the actual show started. It did not appear in the televised broadcast, but was uploaded as a separate clip on the concert's YouTube page.
  • Halsey{{Cite web|url=https://p3.no/musikk/stjerneskudd-til-nobelkonserten/|title=Stjerneskudd til Nobelkonserten|date=28 September 2016|website=NRK P3}} – "Castle", "Colors"
  • Highasakite"Tickets for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Concert is here! (link in bio) First band out is @Highasakiteband #nppc pic.twitter.com/FmALPmXOrM" Nobel Peace Prize Concert Twitter account, 1 July 2016 – "Golden Ticket", "Lover, Where Do You Live?"
  • Icona Pop – "All Night", "I Love It", "Brightside"
  • Juanes – "A Dios le Pido", "Fuego", "La Camisa Negra"
  • Marcus & Martinus{{Cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/63972587|title=Marcus og Martinus til Nobelkonserten|first=Karianne|last=Grindem|date=19 October 2016|website=Dagbladet.no}} – "Without You", "Bae"
  • Sting – "Fragile", "One Fine Day", "Message in a Bottle", "Every Breath You Take"
  • Norwegian Radio Orchestra (featured in all performances)
  • Mosaic Gospel Choir (background vocals in Icona Pop and Halsey sets)

=2017=

;Laureate:

;Host:

  • David Oyelowo{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/3jJP7M|title=Hollywood-stjernen David Oyelowo skal lede fredspriskonserten|website=www.vg.no|date=5 December 2017 }}

;Artists:

  • John Legend – "What's Going On", "Penthouse", "Love Me Now", "All of Me", "Glory", "God Only Knows" with Zara Larsson{{Cite web|url=https://wixx.com/news/articles/2017/sep/27/oslo-me-loves-oslo-you-john-legend-to-headline-nobel-peace-prize-concert/|title=Oslo me loves Oslo you: John Legend to headline Nobel Peace Prize concert|first=Midwest Communications|last=Inc|website=101 WIXX}}
  • Sigrid Raabe – "Strangers", "Dynamite",{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/bRVed|title=Sigrid Raabe spiller på Nobelkonserten|website=www.vg.no|date=5 October 2017 }}
  • Zara Larsson – "Lush Life", "Symphony", "God Only Knows" with John Legend{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/0MylM|title=Zara Larsson til Nobelkonserten|website=www.vg.no|date=11 October 2017 }}
  • Matoma,{{Cite web|url=http://nobelpeaceprizeconcert.com/matoma-to-perform-at-nobel-peace-prize-concert/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033537/http://nobelpeaceprizeconcert.com/matoma-to-perform-at-nobel-peace-prize-concert/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=1 December 2017|title=Official website}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/J1ozP4|title=Matoma bruker Adam Douglas som stand-in|website=www.vg.no|date=11 December 2017 }} "One in a Million", "Slow", "False Alarm"
  • Lukas Graham – "Funeral", "7 Years"
  • {{ill|Adam Douglas|no}} – "One in a Million" with Matoma
  • Shy Martin – "Slow" with Matoma
  • Becky Hill – "False Alarm" with Matoma
  • Le Petit Cirque – "Hero"
  • Norwegian Radio Orchestra conducted by Nick Davies (featured in all performances)
  • Nobel House Band (featured in all performances)
  • Mosaic Gospel Choir, SiNoRi and Elitekoret (featured in select performances)

One of the surviving Hibaku pianos, a series of pianos that were successfully restored following the Hiroshima and Nagaski atomic bombings in 1945, was featured during the event. It was played by John Legend during his and Zara Larsson's duet. This was the last concert before a hiatus was announced in 2018.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

=2018=

;Laureate:

No regular Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held in 2018, as the organizers decided to look at the event and make changes. An alternative concert was planned for 9 December 2018. It was estimated that the original Nobel Peace Prize concert will appear again in a different format in 2019, however this has not proven to be the case.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Hosts: Kåre Magnus Bergh and Silje Nordnes

Artists for alternative concert:{{Cite web|url=https://www.vg.no/i/jPeMgL|title=Slik blir utendørskonserten "Nobels Fredsfest"|website=www.vg.no|date=22 November 2018 }}

=2023=

The full lineup for this concert wasn't disclosed, but one of the notable headliners was jazz singer Angelina Jordan.

=2024=

This concert was combined with a talk show that featured halftime performances by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and several well-known recording artists, but the full lineup wasn't disclosed.[https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/press-program-for-the-nobel-peace-prize-events-2024 Press program for the Nobel Peace Prize events 2024]

=2025=

The lineup for this concert has yet to be revealed.

International broadcasters

{{Incomplete list|date=October 2010}}

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Country

!Broadcaster

{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

|NRK

{{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden

|SVT

{{flagicon|Australia}} Australia

|ABC2

{{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina

|Channel 7

{{flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil

|TV Bandeirantes

{{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark

|DR K

{{flagicon|Iceland}} Iceland

|SkjárEinn

{{flagicon|India}} India

|Zee Café

{{flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia

|MetroTV

{{flagicon|Italy}} Italy

|Playme.tv, repeat Mediaset

{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey

|TRT

{{flagicon|UK}} UK

|Sky Arts

{{flagicon|USA}} USA

|Fox Broadcasting Company

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