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Prize Ceremony 2005 Photo: © Patrik Österberg / Polar Music Prize The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Monday, 23rd May, for the fourteenth year in succession. The prizewinners were the German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (who was unable to attend and therefore represented in Stockholm by his nephew Dr. Thomas Fischer-Dieskau) and the Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil. The prize-giving ceremony took place in the Stockholm Concert Hall. The subsequent banquet and party was being held in the Winter Garden at Grand Hôtel and Berns in Stockholm respectively. Read more >> See the photos from the festivities >> VIDEO THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL AND THE BANQUET AT THE WINTER GARDEN, GRAND HÔTEL, STOCKHOLM, 24TH MAY 2004 (TV4 BROADCAST) - 39:58 [ MODEM ] [ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 9 THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL, STOCKHOLM, 24TH MAY 2004 (TV4 BROADCAST) - 21:14 [ MODEM ] [ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 9 SOUND SAMPLES FROM THE PRIZEWINNERS GILBERTO GIL 1. Toda Menina Baiana, 1979  - Windows Media Player 9 2. Aquele Abraço, 1987 - Windows Media Player 9 3. Palco, 1981 - Windows Media Player 9 4. Guerra Santa, 1997 - Windows Media Player 9 Music and lyrics by Gilberto Gil. Tracks 1,3-4 published by Gegê, Preta Music, track 2 published by Gapa-Warner Chapell From the album "The definitive Gilberto Gil bossa sama & pop" (P) 2002 Warner Music Brasil Ltda © Warner Jazz France/Warner Music France DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU 1. An die Musik D 547 / op 88/4 (Schubert), (P) 1969 - Windows Media Player 9 2. Der Musensohn D 764 / op 92/1 (Schubert), (P) 1969 - Windows Media Player 9 3. Feldeinsamkeit op 86 no 2 (Brahms), (P) 1958 - Windows Media Player 9 4. Mörike Lieder: 12 Verborgenheit (Wolf), (P) 1975 - Windows Media Player 9 (P) & © Deutsche Grammophone Gmbh © 2005 Polar Music Prize

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