Press room
Here you will find our latest press releases, logos, pictures and bios of the latest Laureates, a selection of articles about the Polar Music Prize and press contacts.
The Laureates of 2022 will be announced on February 8, 2022.
Please note that we use a new logo since January 2021. You can download it further down on this page.
Press review
Marie Ledin on TV4 Nyhetsmorgon
Marie Ledin, MD of the Polar Music Prize, and Fredrik Hillelson, co-founder of the Skill Shift Initiative, interviewed on Swedish morning TV about the ANIM evacuation and the donations which made it possible.
Reuters
Afghan orchestra finds hope in Portugal as music dies in homeland
TV4 followed the ANIM evacuation from Qatar to Portugal.
Swedish TV4's reporter Terese Cristiansson followed the group of students from ANIM on the flight from Qatar to Portugal. News feature from December 13, 2021 (in Swedish).
Photo: © Terese Christiansson, TV4.
The Independent (UK)
Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal.
Sky news feature (UK)
Video: Afghanistan music school moves to Portugal following Taliban takeover
The Washington Post (US)
Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal.
ABC News (US)
Afghan musicians look to recreate famed school in Portugal
Latest press releases
Afghan music students arrive in Portugal, completing their evacuation from Kabul
A group of 272 music students and teachers from the world-renowned Afghanistan National Institute of Music, have completed their evacuation from Kabul, via Doha, arriving today in Portugal.
2020's Laureate Anna Netrebko receives the prize from HM Queen Silvia on October 16 2021
In connection to Anna Netrebko’s concert at Konserthuset Stockholm, on the evening of October 16th, H.M. Queen Silvia will present the award to the 2020 Polar Music Prize Laureate.
The Polar Music Prize Podcast is out now!
The Polar Music Prize podcast is a series of in-depth interviews featuring outstanding achievers and tastemakers within the world of music, by journalist Nicholas Bonde.
Contact
Press Contact
maria.stern@polarmusicprize.org
+46 (0)70 571 04 17
Managing Director
Stiftelsen Stikkan Andersons Musikprisfond för The Polar Music Prize
marie.ledin@polarmusicprize.org
Chairman of the Polar Music Prize
Award Committee
alfons.karabuda@polarmusicprize.org
Polar Music Prize
PO Box 55777
SE-114 83 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
Visiting address: Banérgatan 16
Marie Ledin
Managing Director
marie.ledin@polarmusicprize.org
Alfons Karabuda
Chairman of the Polar Music
Prize Award Committee
alfons@polarmusicprize.org
Polar Music Prize
Po Box 55777
SE-114 83 Stockholm
Sweden
Visiting address:
Banérgatan 16