8
Sep
Polar Prize
On Monday 31th August, the 2009 Polar Prize was awarded in a ceremony in Stockholm Concert Hall. Since 1989 the prize has been given to individuals groups or institutions who “make meaningful contributions within music or related areas or for contributions that can be deemed as having great meaning for music or related areas and could be of meaning to all areas within or closely connected to music.” This year’s popular music prize was won by Peter Gabriel while the classical music award went to Antonio Abreu of Venezuela. Both were present to receive their awards from King Carl XVI Gustav. The cermemony was covered by HD2.
