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Telenor's cultural award 2007

(18 September) The Danish-American percussionist and composer Marilyn Mazur is awarded Telenor’s International Culture Award 2007 for her bold and boundless artistic expression, on the highest international level.

Significant contribution to culture
For 12 years the cultural award has been awarded to individuals, groups and institutions that have made a significant contribution to Norwegian culture. This is the very first time the award is being made international. Marilyn Mazur receives a cash amount of NOK 250,000

Communication through culture
Communication represents the core of Telenor’s activities. For Telenor, culture is an important form of communication. Through our culture program we seek to create an environment of diversity and involvement and to form new arenas for meetings between people. The cultural programme will help build Telenor's reputation and demonstrate the values the company upholds.

We often talk about “boundless” communications that unite people and activities irrespective of geographical and organisational lines of demarcation. Art and culture represent a different type of communication between people and promote a different type of content.

Former award winners
Former award winners recognized for their significant contribution to Norwegian culture include:

• 1995 Svein Tindberg, actor
• 1996 Wenche Øyen, pictorial artist
• 1997 Kjersti Alveberg, choreographer
• 1998 Kari Bremnes, singer, composer, author
• 1999 Torun Lian, film director and author
• 2000 Juni Dahr, actress
• 2001 Ingvar Ambjørnsen, author
• 2003 The World Theatre, performance group
• 2004 Ingrid Lorentzen, ballet dancer
• 2005 Anne Marit Jacobsen, actress
• 2006 The International Museum of Children's Art

Jury members
The jury proposes candidates/award winners and comprises the following members:

• Bjørn Kruse, composer and professor and the Norwegian Academy of Music
• Lars Saabye Christensen, author
• Thorbjørn Harr, actor
• Kjersti Alveberg, choreographer
• Robert Marc Friedman, dramatist and professor of Science History in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oslo
• Krishanti Brahmachari, leader of the Norwegian Centre for Acting
• Kai Rosenberg, Telenor, Group Communications

For more information about Marilyn Mazur please read the feature article:
Telenor's Culture Award goes to Marilyn Mazur