POLAR MUSIC PRIZE

Prize Ceremony

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 2004

Photo: © Patrik Österberg / BULLS

The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Monday, 24th May, for the
thirteenth consecutive year. The prizewinners were B. B. King and György Ligeti.
Mr. Ligeti who was unable to attend due to ill-health had recorded a message of
thanks and was represented in Stockholm by Dr. Louise Duchesneau.

They each received prize money in the amount of one million Swedish Crowns
(approx US$ 130.000 or € 109.000). His Majesty The King of Sweden awarded the
prizes during a nationally-televised ceremony which for the first time took place at
the Stockholm Concert Hall. This is also where the Nobel Prize ceremony takes place.

Click here to See the photos from the festivities

VIDEO

VIDEO CLIP FROM THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL,
STOCKHOLM, 24TH MAY 2004 (TV4 BROADCAST)
[ MODEM ] [ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 9

SOUND SAMPLES FROM THE PRIZEWINNERS

B. B. KING

1. Three O'Clock Blues - Windows Media Player 9
(King/Taub) Sounds-Of-Lucille Inc.
For Sweden: BMG Music Publishing AB

2. Sweet Little Angel (Live) - Windows Media Player 9
(King/Taub) NEM Entertainment Co./Sounds-Of-Lucille Inc.
For Sweden: BMG Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

3. The Thrill Is Gone - Windows Media Player 9
(Hawkins/Darnell) NEM Entertainment Co.
For Sweden: BMG Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

4. Ain't Nobody Home - Windows Media Player 9
(J.Ragovoy) Dobo Publ. For Sweden: Musikförlaget Essex AB
administered by AIR Chrysalis Scandinavia AB

5. Exactly Like You - Windows Media Player 9
(McHugh/Fields) Shapiro-Bernstein Co.
For Sweden: BMG Music Publishing Scandinavia AB

Tracks 1-4 taken from the album
"B. B. King King of the Blues", catalogue no. 112418-2,
(P) 1992 MCA Records Inc./Universal Music.
Track 5 taken from the album "Reflections", catalogue no.
B0000532-02, © & (P) 2003 MCA Records/Universal Music.

GYÖRGY LIGETI

1. Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedüvel: Weöres Sándor Verseire (2000) - Windows Media Player 9
VI Keserédes (The Ligeti Project III),
catalogue no. 8573-87631-2,
© & (P) 2002 Teldec/Warner Music Classics

2. Hamburg Concerto (1998/99, 2003) - Windows Media Player 9
V Spectra (The Ligeti Project IV),
catalogue no. 8573-88263-2,
© & (P) 2003 Teldec/Warner Music Classics

3. Piano Concerto (1985-88) - Windows Media Player 9
III Vivace Cantabile (The Ligeti Project I),
catalogue no. 8573-83953-2,
© & (P) 2001 Teldec/Warner Music Classics

4. Requiem (1963/65) - Windows Media Player 9
II Kyrie, Molto Espressivo (The Ligeti Project IV),
catalogue no. 8573-88263-2
© & (P) 2003 Teldec/Warner Music Classics

5. Concert Românesc (1951) - Windows Media Player 9
IV Molto Vivace (The Ligeti Project II),
catalogue no. 8573-88261-2,
© & (P) 2002 Teldec/Warner Music Classics

Publishers tracks 1-3 and 5 Schott Musik International.
Track 4 C.F. Peters/M.P. Belaieff Musikverlag.

© 2004 Polar Music Prize

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