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Polar Music Prize

The Polar Music Prize is a Swedish international award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, best known as the manager of the Swedish band ABBA, with a donation to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The award is annually given to one contemporary musician and one classical musician. Exceptions were made in 2001, when it was awarded to three musicians, and 2003, when both prizes were awarded to the same person. Without any restrictions of nationality, the prize is to be "awarded for significant achievements in music and/or musical activity, or for achievements which are found to be of great potential importance for music or musical activity, and it shall be referable to all fields within or closely connected with music". The prize has been called the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden.

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File:Paul McCartney black and white 2010.jpg|Paul McCartney was the first winner in 1992 and one of two people (the other being Chuck Berry) who didn't receive the award in person.|alt=A serious, standing man holding his guitar with his left hand and placing his other hand on his left arm File:Lutoslawski3cr.jpg|Witold Lutosławski was the first classical musician to win the award in 1993.|alt=A smiling man crossing his legs and placing his left arm on the styre File:Joni Mitchell 1983.jpg|Joni Mitchell was the first female award recipient in 1996.|alt=A woman holding her guitar while looking at it File:LedZeppelinmontage.jpg|The English band Led Zeppelin became the first musical group to win the award in 2006.|alt=A montage of four musicians; from upper left to bottom right: A man with curly hair, a man with moustache looking at his drums, a short-haired man looking to the right, a curly-haired man singing with a microphone File:Bob Moog3.jpg|Robert Moog became the first inventor to win the award for the synthesizer MiniMoog in 2001.|alt=An elderly man standing on the right, alongside his three inventions File:Polar Music Prize 2005 - Gilberto Gil and Carl XVI Gustaf.jpg|Gilberto Gil – the winner in the contemporary category in 2005, receives the prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden File:Morricone at United Nations HQ.jpg|Ennio Morricone – the only film composer who has won the award, 2010 File:Björk performing at Cirque en Chantier 1 edit.jpg|Björk – the winner in the contemporary category in 2010 File:Kronos Quartet by Sachyn Mital.jpg|Kronos Quartet – winners in the classical category in 2011 File:Patti Smith (Haldern Pop Festival 2014) IMGP4121 smial wp.jpg|Patti Smith – the winner in the contemporary category in 2011 File:Paul Simon 2007.jpg|Paul Simon – the winner in the contemporary category in 2012|alt=A man playing guitar on stage with a band File:Yo-Yo Ma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008.jpg|Yo-Yo Ma – the winner in the classical category in 2012|alt=A man playing on a cello, with his eyes closed and his body visible on a large screen == References ==
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