Polar Music Prize

Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA. Its name stems from Anderson's record label, Polar Music. The Polar Music Prize is one of the most prestigious music prizes in the world Šablona:Citation needed, crossing over musical boundaries and awarded to individuals, groups and institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements.

The board of the Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation includes representatives from the Stig Anderson family, SKAP (The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers) and STIM (The Swedish Performing Rights Society). The task of scrutinizing nominations submitted and selecting the ultimate laureates is undertaken by an Award Committee comprising of experienced members of the pop music industry.

Laureates from a wide range of countries, cultures and continents have received the Prize in Stockholm from the hand of His Majesty, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Držitelé ocenění

2009 - José Antonio Abreu a El Sistema & Peter Gabriel

2008 - Pink Floyd a Renée Fleming

2007 - Sonny Rollins a Steve Reich

2006 - Led Zeppelin a Valery Gergiev

2005 - Gilberto Gil a Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

2004 - B. B. King a György Ligeti

2003 - Keith Jarrett

2002 - Sofia Gubaidulina a Miriam Makeba

2001 - Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog a Karlheinz Stockhausen

2000 - Bob Dylan a Isaac Stern

1999 - Stevie Wonder a Iannis Xenakis

1998 - Ray Charles a Ravi Shankar

1997 - Eric Ericson a Bruce Springsteen

1996 - Pierre Boulez a Joni Mitchell

1995 - Sir Elton John a Mstislav Rostropovich

1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt a Quincy Jones

1993 - Dizzy Gillespie a Witold Lutosławski

1992 - Sir Paul McCartney a baltské státy Estonsko, Lotyšsko a Litva

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