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Polar Music Talks: Interview with Patti Smith Polar Music Talks: Interview with Kronos Quartet and Patti Smith Anna Järvinen performs Patti Smith’s Distant Fingers First Aid Kit performs Patti Smith’s Dancing Barefoot Veronica Maggio performs Patti Smith’s Because The Night Ola Salo performs Patti Smith’s People … » Read More » Wu Man was asked to read the Citation for Kronos Quartet at the Polar Music Prize 2011 and shares her experience of the ceremony and festivities. Watch the Polar Music Prize ceremony live from the Stockholm Concert Hall on TV4 and Nyheterna.se. Live coverage of the ceremony will begin August 30th at 16:30 CET. A summary of the highlights from the ceremony … » Read More » On Tuesday 30th of August, the Polar Music Prize Laureates of 2011, Kronos Quartet and Patti Smith will receive the Polar Music Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall. “To the beat of an ever stronger love of music, regimes have crumbled, hearts have healed, over 100 billion songs have been played…. one year has passed” Polar Music Talks – Monday August 29. |
“The Polar Music Prize 2011 is being awarded to American poet and musician Patti Smith. By devoting her life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith has demonstrated how much rock’n'roll there is in poetry and how much poetry there is in rock’n'roll. Patti Smith is a Rimbaud with Marshall amps. She has transformed the way an entire generation looks, thinks and dreams. With her inimitable soul of an artist, Patti Smith proves over and over again that people have the power.”
“The Polar Music Prize 2011 is being awarded to American string quartet Kronos Quartet. For almost 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been revolutionizing the potential of the string quartet genre when it comes to both style and content. The same type of chamber music ensemble – two violins, a viola and a cello – for which Mozart and Beethoven wrote can also be used to comment on international politics, interpret avant-garde rock and incorporate music from every corner of the world.” 
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