Peer Gynt Prize may propose candidates for the award. Former award-winners form a network connected to the Peer Gynt Festival. The award is a bronze statuette of Peer Gynt riding a reindeer buck ("Peer Gynt-statuetten"), made by artist Carl Bilgrei. The Peer Gynt Prize award ceremony takes place during the Peer Gynt Festival ("Peer Gynt-stemnet") at Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen, one of Norway's leading festivals. Peer Gynt Festival is a 12-day cultural festival that takes place in the beginning of August each year. The first Festival was held in 1928, for the centennial of Henrik Ibsen's birth. Peer Gynt Prize The Peer Gynt Prize
Peer Gynt and English). Reportedly, Grieg was not in the right mood for this task. The music of these suites, especially "Morning Mood" starting the first suite, "In the Hall of the Mountain King", and the string lament "Åse's Death" later reappeared in numerous arrangements, soundtracks, etc. Other Norwegian composers who have written theatrical music for "Peer Gynt" include Harald Sæverud (1947), Arne Nordheim (1969), Ketil Hvoslef (1993) and Jon Mostad (1993–4). Gunnar Sønstevold (1966) wrote music for a ballet version of "Peer Gynt". In 1906 scenes from the play were given by the Progressive Stage Society of New York. The first