Published: 2009-08-25 by Karin Dourén Hindbeck
Time for the prize ceremony 2009!
The laureates 2009 - José Antonio Abreu and El Sistema & Peter Gabriel will receive the prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall to be followed by a celebratory banquet at Grand Hôtel on Monday 31st of August 2009. Each recipient receives a total amount of one million SEK which is equivalent to approximately USD 122,000 or EUR 92,000.
The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, one of the true greats in the history of popular music. As the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, he played a key role in their enormous success. Read more here:
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