Polar Music Prize winners announced
Soprano Renee Fleming and Pink Floyd have won this year's Polar Music Prize, which will be presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf at a Stockholm gala on 26 August.…
Polar Music Prize
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Two American musicians win Polar Prize
Composer Steve Reich and jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins have won the 2007 Polar Music Prize, which will be presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf on 21 May.…
György Ligeti dies
Composer Gyorgy Ligeti has died aged 83; best known for music used in '2001: A Space Odyssey', he had won Sweden's Polar Music Prize in 2004.…
Led Zep presented with Swedish music prize
Led Zeppelin shared the 2006 Polar Music Prize with Valery Gergiev in Stockholm, with Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham's daughter attending.…
Led Zep share Polar Music Prize
Led Zeppelin and conductor Valery Gergiev have won the Polar Music Prize, which each winner receives as a one million Kroner award, presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf next May.…
Gilberto gets Polar Music Prize
Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil received the Polar Music Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm.…
Gil and Fischer-Dieskau win Polar Music Prize
Gilberto Gil and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau have won the Polar Music Prize, which was founded by former ABBA producer Stig Anderson.…
Polar Music Prize winner to be announced 25 October
The winner of Sweden's Polar Music Prize will be announced on 25 October, with past winners including Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.…
BB King gets Polar prize
Blues guitarist B.B. King has been awarded the 2004 Polar Music Prize in Sweden for his services to blues music, receiving it from King Carl XVI Gustaf.…