The overall aim of EAR-ly is to stimulate an interest in early music among students and young professional musicians, and to encourage the formation of new early music ensembles in the Nordic and Baltic countries.
The first edition of EAR-ly took place as a national competition and was organised by Stockholm Early Music Festival in Sweden in June 2008. Since 2010, the competition has become an international event arranged by NORDEM—Nordic Early Music—and held every second year in one of the Nordic/Baltic countries, hosted by one of the network’s member festivals. Finals have taken place in Stockholm (2010 and 2022/23), Oslo (2012), Skálholt (2014), Vantaa (2016), Copenhagen (2018) and Riga (2020).
Previous winners of EAR-ly:
2022/23 - Æstus (Finland/Estonia)
2020 - Jonatan Bougt (Sweden)
2018 - Clara Guldberg Ravn (Denmark)
2016 - Juho Myllylä (Finland)
2014 - Bastard Barock (Sweden)
2012 - Duo White Sparrow (Finland)
2010 - Norwegian Cornett & Sackbuts (Norway)
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