Polar Music Prize 2009

Yesterday evening King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria attended the annual Polar Music Prize.

This year’s winners of the Prize were José Antonio Abreu & El Sistema Citation and Peter Gabriel Citation. You can read something about the winners at the official homepage of the Polar Music Prize, which can be found here: Polar Music Prize 2009

After the ceremony a banquet was hosted at Grand Hotel.

The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, the producer and manager of ABBA. The prize was named after Anderson’s record label “Polar Music”.

Every year, Laureates from a wide range of countries, cultures and continents recieve the Prize in Stockholm from the hand of the King of Sweden.

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