Polar Music Prize

For international recognition of excellence in the world of music

Announcement 2020

The Polar Music Prize Laureates of 2020 will be announced on February 11, 2020 at 08.30 CET.

The Polar Music Prize
Ceremony 2019

Anne-Sophie Mutter receiving the Polar Music Prize from H.M King Carl XVI Gustaf (Photo: Polar Music Prize)

Mark Johnson & Whitney Kroenke from Playing For Change receiving the Polar Music Prize from H.M King Carl XVI Gustaf (Photo: Polar Music Prize)

Grandmaster Flash receiving the Polar Music Prize from H.M King Carl XVI Gustaf (Photo: Polar Music Prize)

PREVIOUS YEARS

Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo from Metallica, Polar Music Prize Laureate of 2018 (Photo: Polar Music Prize)

Revisit the past Polar Music Prize ceremonies, Polar Talks and other festivities by exploring our photo albums on Flickr and our Youtube channel.

Annie Lennox performing at the Ceremony in 2017

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For international recognition of excellence in the world of music

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Playing For Change

Grandmaster Flash

Metallica

The Afghanistan National Institute of Music

Sting

Wayne Shorter

Max Martin

Cecilia Bartoli

Evelyn Glennie

Emmylou Harris

Peter Sellars

Chuck Berry

Youssou N'Dour

Kaija Saariaho

Paul Simon

Yo-Yo Ma

Kronos Quartet

Patti Smith

Ennio Morricone

Björk

José Antonio Abreu and El Sistema

Peter Gabriel

Pink Floyd

Renée Fleming

Sonny Rollins

Steve Reich

Led Zeppelin

Valery Gergiev

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Gilberto Gil

György Ligeti

B. B. King

Keith Jarrett

Miriam Makeba

Sofia Gubaidulina

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Robert Moog

Burt Bacharach

Isaac Stern

Bob Dylan

Stevie Wonder

Iannis Xenakis

Ravi Shankar

Ray Charles

Eric Ericson

Bruce Springsteen

Joni Mitchell

Pierre Boulez

Mstislav Rostropovich

Elton John

Quincy Jones

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Witold Lutoslawski

Dizzy Gillespie

Paul McCartney

The Baltic States