The POLAR MUSIC PRIZE was presented on Monday 21 May for the sixteenth year in
succession. The laureates were the American composer and musician Steve Reich and the
American tenor saxophonist and composer Sonny Rollins. Each laureate received prize money
to the amount of one million Swedish kronor (approx US$ 140.000 or € 108.000).
His Majesty the King of Sweden awarded the prizes du ring a nationally televised ceremony,
which took place at the Stockholm Concert Hall. The subsequent banquet was held at the
Grand Hotel’s Winter Garden.
