The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra gets the Wirén Prize 2009

- The 2009 Dag Wirén prize to be awarded the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra is very honorable. There is evidence that the orchestra's high artistic level and the estimated prize gives our musicians extra energy and strength to continue to deliver outstanding results in the future, "said director Peter Waldemarsson.

The Board's reasoning is this:

"The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra has long been an ensemble of great national and international importance. The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra brings Swedish music tradition and makes important contributions to the artistic innovation.

When the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard as conductor in recordings make the first comprehensive interpretation of Dag Wirén's symphonies, the result is brilliant. This further strengthens the orchestra's artistic position and gives Dag Wiren deserved attention both in Sweden and internationally. The recordings are a weighty contribution to the documentation of Swedish orchestral music of the 1900s."

The Board of The Dag Wirén Foundation decided in 2007 to establish a Dag Wirén Prize. The prize shall be distributed to individuals or institutions that have done much to highlight the composer Dag Wirén's music. The award was first out to the Stockholm Arts Trio on December 6, 2007, in the Wirén Hall of the concert house of Örebro and 2008 was the prize was given to The Lysell Quartet.