Peter Gabriel wins Polar Music Prize
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Topic: Peter Gabriel wins Polar Music Prize
Posted By: ProgRobUK
Subject: Peter Gabriel wins Polar Music Prize
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 07:39
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Peter Gabriel has been awarded the Polar Music Prize. Ever heard of it? Me neither. But last year Pink Floyd were winners too. From the press announcement:
Peter Gabriel is being awarded the Polar Music Prize 2009 for his ground-breaking, outward-looking and boundary-busting artistry. As a composer, artist and person, Peter Gabriel has not only had a significant influence on the development of popular music – he has redefined the very concept. Peter Gabriel does more than just intertwine music, voice and images – his music is at once a megaphone for the global society and its most unflinching critic. Peter Gabriel’s artistry presents us with world music in its most meaningful sense.
The laureates will receive the prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall to be followed by a celebratory banquet at Grand Hôtel on Monday 31st of August. The ceremony will be broadcast live on national television (TV4). Later in the evening, a summary of the ceremony and the banquet will be broadcast. The event attracts international media, members of the international music business, celebrities, artists, musicians, government ministers, politicians and leading members of society and industry.
Each recipient receives a total amount of one million SEK which is equivalent to approximately USD 122 000 or EUR 92 000. The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig ”Stikkan” Anderson, a true legend in the history of popular music. Stig Anderson was the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, and he played a key role in their enormous success. The name of the prize stems from Anderson’s legendary record label, Polar Music.
The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize which is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music. The Polar Music Prize awards two laureates in order to celebrate music in all its various forms and to emphasize the original intention of the Polar Music Prize: To break down musical boundaries by bringing together people from all the different worlds of music. The board of the Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation consists of representatives from the Stig Anderson family, SKAP (The Swedish Society of Popular Music Composers) and STIM (The Swedish Performing Rights Society). The task of scrutinizing nominations submitted and selecting the ultimate laureates is empowered The Polar Music Award Committee comprising of internationally renowned artists and musicians as well as other key figures in the music industry. Well done Peter!!
Cheers,
Rob
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Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 09:13
Great news for one of my favourite artists  Free translation after Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter: (after a note about some of the latests laureates - Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd - and their place in rock music) Peter Gabriel is not solely rewarded for his time in Genesis or his solo albums, but also for him bringing world music forwards and his boundary-breaking work such as the amazing soundtrack "The Last Temptation of Christ". Other than that he's been in the avant-garde when it comes to technical innovations for music on the Internet and he has created a platform later bought by Nokia. --------------------------------------- 2008 - Renée Fleming och Pink Floyd 2007 - Steve Reich och Sonny Rollins 2006 - Valery Gergiev och Led Zeppelin 2005 - Gilberto Gil och Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 2004 - B. B. King och György Ligeti 2003 - Keith Jarrett 2002 - Sofia Gubaidulina och Miriam Makeba 2001 - Burt Bacharach, Robert Moog och Karlheinz Stockhausen 2000 - Bob Dylan och Isaac Stern 1999 - Stevie Wonder och Iannis Xenakis 1998 - Ray Charles och Ravi Shankar 1997 - Eric Ericson och Bruce Springsteen 1996 - Pierre Boulez och Joni Mitchell 1995 - Sir Elton John och Mstislav Rostropovitch 1994 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt och Quincy Jones 1993 - Dizzy Gillespie och Witold Lutoslawski 1992 - Sir Paul McCartney och The Baltic States |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 09:32
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So does he get sent to the arctic or the antarctic? (just a joke, I like PG)
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 13:34
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Thoroughly well deserved award for the great master, and every word in the citation was true. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: May 12 2009 at 17:28
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Cool! Now if he'll just get around to finishing I/O... ------------- . |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 16:52
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Its like the nobel price but for musicians, you culd say.
It was formed by Stickan Andersson the maneger for ABBA. And ye he deserves it (PG), it was fun caus the day he got the price swedish tv showed alot of clips of him with Genesis and other stuff from his long career. maybe opening up some peoples eye to progrock. =) ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 20:28
First the one, then the other. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 20:36
he does stretch the boundaries that is for sure, and is full of discovery.....UP confirmed that------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: September 04 2009 at 21:37
Well deserved - Good job PG  ------------- 
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