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Press Release # 3/2003 OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE THE POLAR MUSIC PRIZE FOR 2004 This coming Wednesday, 15th October the Polar Music Prize for 2004 will be announced at 3.00 PM CET at The Royal Swedish Academy of Music in Stockholm. An announcement video together with publicity photos, citation(s) and press release will be available here on our web site the same day from approximately 3.15 PM CET. The prize will be presented in Stockholm on Monday 24th May by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig Anderson who was one of the true greats in the music industry. As the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, he played a key role in their enormous success. Stig Anderson made a generous donation to The Royal Swedish Academy of Music with the aim of creating what was to become known as the Polar Music Prize. This is also why the prize is administered within the Academy. It is an international music prize and awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music. The prize breaks down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music. It is completely independent of commercial interests, thereby guaranteeing its integrity. Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Witold Lutoslawski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Quincy Jones, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Pierre Boulez, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Ericson, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Iannis Xenakis, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Isaac Stern, Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Miriam Makeba and Keith Jarrett are the individuals who have been bestowed with the prize since its inception in 1992. In 1992, the Baltic States were also awarded the prize to encourage them in their work for protection of copyright. Each recipient receives a total amount of one million Swedish Crowns which is equivalent to approximately US$ 125.000 or € 110.000. |
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