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 2008

Photo: © Emma Svensson

The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Tuesday August 26th for the seventeenth year
in succession. The laureates were the American soprano Renée Fleming and the British group
Pink Floyd. Each recipient received a total amount of one million Swedish Crowns, which is
equivalent to approximately USD 164.000 or EURO 106.000.

His Majesty the King of Sweden awarded the laureates which took place at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
Represents from Pink Floyd were Roger Waters and Nick Mason. The subsequent banquet was held at
the Grand Hotel’s Winter Garden.

Her Majesty The Queen, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
attended the festivities together with many dignitaries and celebrities from the world of music, industry,
showbusiness and media.

The Polar Music Prize was broadcast on TV4 on August 27th.

Photos from the festivities can be downloaded from here.

VIDEO

THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL
26 AUGUST 2008 (TV4 BROADCAST) - 43:50
[ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 10

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