For International Recognition of Excellence in the World of Music
The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize celebrating the power and importance of music.
New podcast episodes out!
Episodes 6 and 7 of the Polar Music Prize podcast are out!
Patrick Woodroffe is the British lighting designer who has worked with acts like The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Adele and Elton John. For the Polar Music Prize podcast he talks about his fascinating career, evolving from hanging up lights on the first Queen tour in the 70s to high technology stadium shows.
And the Grande Finale: Marie Ledin!
Marie Ledin is the MD of the Polar Music Prize, which was founded by her late father Stig "Stikkan" Anderson in 1992, marking 2022 as its 30th anniversary.
In the final episode of the Polar Music Prize Podcast, Marie talks candidly about the early years as the daughter of one of the Swedish music industry’s most powerful men and headstrong personalities, the leap towards standing on her own two feet in the industry, and about some of the most memorable moments from her eventful years within the Polar Music Prize organisation.
Anna Netrebko received the Polar Music Prize in Stockholm
Last night Anna Netrebko personally received the Polar Music Prize from HM Queen Silvia, in connection with a magnificent concert at Konserthuset Stockholm. Due to the covid 19-pandemic the ceremony planned for June 2020 had to be cancelled. We are so happy and grateful to have been able to meet Anna Netrebko and present her with 2020’s prize.
The Polar Music Prize Podcast!
What does the future of music look like? How will we consume music going forward? What happens in our brains when we listen to music, and what role has music played in ushering in social change over the course of history?
Journalist Nicholas Bonde has done a series of in-depth interviews with outstanding achievers within the world of music to answer these questions.
Episodes featuring Amanda Bergman from Amason, music tech entrepreneur Nick Holmsten, pianist and professor of cognitive neuroscience Fredrik Ullén and music journalist Jan Gradvall are out now on Spotify.
Coming up:
October 22: Cedwin Sandanam, Tensta Gospel Choir
October 29: Patrick Woodroffe, lighting designer and creative director for The Rolling Stones and Elton John
November 5: Marie Ledin, MD of the Polar Music Prize
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Join the other 86 500 subscribers on the Polar Music Prize Youtube channel! You'll find clips from all the ceremonies since 1992 and all the Polar Talks and behind the scenes footages ever made.
We've also launched the series "Polar Music Prize Journeys" where we meet the next generation of artists that could be potential future Laureates of The Polar Music Prize.
New outfit!
In addition to planning the festivities for 2022, we have rebuilt our website and updated our logo. You might already have seen the new logotype here and there, now you can enter our entire universe in its new design here on our website as well.
Read about or Laureates from 1992 until today, check the Polar Talks from previous years, learn more about the prize or nominate the artist you think deserves a Polar Music Prize below.
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Diane Warren performed at the Oscars
Laureate of 2020 Diane Warren performed at the Oscars 2021 with Laura Pausini.
Discover the Laureates
Marie Ledin
Managing Director
marie.ledin@polarmusicprize.org
Alfons Karabuda
Chairman of the Polar Music
Prize Award Committee
alfons@polarmusicprize.org
Polar Music Prize
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SE-114 83 Stockholm
Sweden
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