At the Polar Music Sessions 2011 we shall expand our focus on the social impact of music and the increasingly blurring lines between culture, medicine, technology, creativity, business and music in all its forms.
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The Polar Music Prize proudly presents a concert with the 2011 Polar Music Prize Laureate PATTI SMITH and her band at the Stockholm Concert Hall, Wednesday, August 31st, 7.30 pm. For further information and tickets go … » Read More » KRONOS QUARTET & PATTI SMITH KRONOS QUARTET & PATTI SMITH The announcement of the Polar Music Prize laureates of 2011 will take place on May 3rd at the Stockholm City Hall. See photos from the prize ceremony where the Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone and Islandic artist Björk received their prize. His Majesty the King of Sweden handed over the awards during a nationally televised ceremony, … » Read More » |
“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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