POLAR MUSIC PRIZE

Prize Ceremony

2008 - Renée Fleming and Pink Floyd

2007 - Steve Reich and Sonny Rollins

2006 - Valery Gergiev and Led Zeppelin

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 - Isaac Stern and Bob Dylan

1999 - Iannis Xenakis and Stevie Wonder

1998 - Ravi Shankar and Ray Charles

1997 - Eric Ericson and Bruce Springsteen

1996 - Joni Mitchell and Pierre Boulez

1995 - Mstislav Rostropovitch and Elton John

1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Quincy Jones

1993 - Witold Lutoslawski and Dizzy Gillespie

1992 - Sir Paul McCartney and The Baltic States

Prize Ceremony 2002

Photo: © Micael Engström

The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Monday the 27th of May for the eleventh
consecutive year. The Prizewinners this year are Sofia Gubaidulina and Miriam Makeba.

The prize money is one million Swedish Crowns (approx US$ 100.000, € 106.000) to each Laureate.
They received their Prize from His Majesty The King of Sweden during a nationally-televised ceremony
at Berwaldhallen, Stockholm.

Click here to See the photos from the festivities

VIDEO

VIDEOCLIP FROM THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT BERWALDHALLEN, STOCKHOLM 2002 (TV4 BROADCAST)
[ MODEM ] [ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 7

SOUND SAMPLES FROM THE PRIZEWINNERS

SOFIA GUBAIDULINA

1. "Das Wort" - Sofia Gubaidulina - Windows Media Player 7
2. "Liturgie im Himmel (excerpt)" - Sofia Gubaidulina - Windows Media Player 7
3. "Eine Frau, mit der Sonne bekleidet" - Sofia Gubaidulina - Windows Media Player 7
4. "Grablegung" - Sofia Gubaidulina - Windows Media Player 7
5. "Die sieben Schalen des Zorns" - Sofia Gubaidulina - Windows Media Player 7

The pieces above have been taken from the new album
"Johannes-Passion", conductor Valery Gergiev, catalogue
no. CD 98.405 on Hänssler CLASSIC.
(C) 2000 Musikverlag Hans Sikorski
(C) 2000 Hänssler-Verlag (P) 2001 Hänssler-Verlag

MIRIAM MAKEBA

1. "Pata Pata" - Miriam Makeba - Windows Media Player 7
(Ragovoy/Makeba) Kohco Msc Publ. Co. (Pty) Ltd
2. "Homeland" - Miriam Makeba - Windows Media Player 7
(Lokua Kanza/Zenzi Lee) NLL Music Publishing Corp.
3. "Africa Is Where My Heart Lies" - Miriam Makeba - Windows Media Player 7
(Marvin Moses/Cedric Samson) MWM Publishing/Kydan Music
4. "Pata Pata 2000" - Miriam Makeba - Windows Media Player 7
(Ragvoy/Makeba) duet with Zenzi Lee, Rajkuma Music

Track 1 taken from the album "Pata Pata The Hit
Sound of Miriam Makeba", catalogue no. 9362 47064-2,
(P) & (C) 1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Tracks 2, 3 and 4 taken from the album "Homeland",
catalogue no. PUTU 164-2, (P) & (C) 2000 Putumayo World Music

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