Polar Music Prize
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The Polar Music Prize (aka the Stikkan Andersson Polar Music Prize) is an "international music prize and awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music". The prize was founded in 1989 following a donation from Stig Anderson and is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Stig Anderson was the publisher, lyricist and manager of the Swedish pop music group ABBA, as well as founder of the Polar Music label.
The award ceremonies are held in Stockholm during May, and laureates are given their prizes by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Each recipient receives the amount of one million Swedish Crowns (about 125,000 USD).
Laureates
- 2006 - Led Zeppelin and Valery Gergiev
- 2005 - Gilberto Gil and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- 2004 - B. B. King and György Ligeti
- 2003 - Keith Jarrett
- 2002 - Sofia Gubaidulina and Miriam Makeba
- 2001 - Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog and Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 2000 - Bob Dylan and Isaac Stern
- 1999 - Stevie Wonder and Iannis Xenakis
- 1998 - Ray Charles and Ravi Shankar
- 1997 - Eric Ericson and Bruce Springsteen
- 1996 - Pierre Boulez and Joni Mitchell
- 1995 - Sir Elton John and Mstislav Rostropovitch
- 1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Quincy Jones
- 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie and Witold Lutosławski
- 1992 - Sir Paul McCartney and the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)
See also
- Nobel Prize
- Schock Prize
- Right Livelihood Award
- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
- List of prizes, medals, and awards
External links
- [Polar Music Prize] - Official site
- [Léonie Sonning Music Award] - Official site
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