The official international announcement of the 2008 Polar Music Prize will take place in New York City on May 21st at 6 pm EST at the Residence of the Consul General of Sweden.
An announcement video together with publicity photos, citation(s) and press release will be available on our website http://ebiz1.exfoundry.com/members/response.asp?ID=9110095996100564 the same day from approximately 6 pm EST.
The Polar Music Prize Ceremony will take place on Tuesday the 26th of August 2008 and will be presented by His Majesty, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
The Polar Music Prize is one of the most prestigious and unique music prizes in the world, crossing over musical boundaries and awarded to individuals, groups and institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements. The Polar Music Prize was founded 1989 by a donation by the late Stig Anderson.
Each recipient receives a total amount of one million Swedish Crowns which is equivalent to approximately USD 164.000 or EUR 106.000.
Laureates from a wide range of countries, cultures and continents have received the Prize in Stockholm from the hand of His Majesty, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Previous laureates:
2007 - Sonny Rollins and Steve Reich
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 Rostropovich
1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Quincy Jones
1993 - Dizzy Gillespie and Witold Lutosławski
1992 - Sir Paul McCartney and the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
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