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| Winners of the POLAR MUSIC PRIZE for 2005 The legendary German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Brazilian composer, musician and singer Gilberto Gil, have been awarded this year’s Polar Music Prize 2005. The prize winners will receive the prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall to be followed by a celebratory banquet at Grand Hotel on Monday the 23rd of May. The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig Anderson, one of the true greats in the music life. As the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, he played a key role in their enormous success. Anderson donated a large sum of money to The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, The Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation in The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, with the aim of creating what was to become known as the Polar Music Prize. Its name stems from Anderson’s legendary record label, Polar Records. It 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 breaks down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music. Today, the Polar Music Prize has become one of the most prestigious music prize in the world. The list of prize winners bears witness to this. Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Witold Lutoslawski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Quincy Jones, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Pierre Boulez, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Ericson, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Iannis Xenakis, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Isaac Stern, Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Miriam Makeba, Keith Jarrett, B.B. King and György Ligeti are the individuals who have been bestowed with the Prize since its inception in 1992. In 1992, the Baltic States were also awarded the Prize to encourage them in their work for protection of copyright. The prize is now in its fourteenth year and is awarded in the amount of one million Swedish Crowns (approximately equivalent to USD 135.000 or EUR 110.000) to each prizewinner. write your comments about the article :: © 2004 Jazz News :: home page |