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Prizewinners

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 - Bob Dylan and Isaac Stern

1999 - Stevie Wonder and Iannis Xenakis

1998 - Ray Charles and Ravi Shankar

1997 - Eric Ericson and Bruce Springsteen

1996 - Pierre Boulez and Joni Mitchell

1995 - Sir Elton John and Mstislav Rostropovitch

1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Quincy Jones

1993 - Dizzy Gillespie and Witold Lutoslawski

1992 - Sir Paul McCartney and The Baltic States


THE AWARDING OF THE POLAR MUSIC PRIZE 2007

The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Monday 21 May for the sixteenth year in succession. The laureates were the American composer and musician Steve Reich and the American tenor saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins. Each laureate received prize money to the amount of one million Swedish kronor (approx US$ 140.000 or €108.000).

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The Prizewinners of 2007

Steve Reich
and Sonny Rollins


Photo: © Patrik Österberg / Polar Music Prize

VIDEO
THE PRIZE CEREMONY AT STOCKHOLM CONCERT HALL
STOCKHOLM, 21 MAY 2007 (TV4 BROADCAST) - 45:47
[ BROADBAND ] - Windows Media Player 10

 
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