Polar Music Prize

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international award music award

The Polar Music Prize is a prestigious Swedish international music award often likened to the "Nobel Prize of Music," honoring exceptional achievements across all genres of music.

Aliases (1)

Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international award → music award →
associatedWith	Polar Music International AB →
awardCeremonyHeldIn	Stockholm →
awardedFor	contributions to all genres of music → exceptional achievements in music → significant impact on the music world →
ceremonyMonth	June → May →
country	Sweden →
countryOfOrigin	Sweden →
field	music →
firstAwarded	1992 →
founder	Stig "Stikkan" Anderson → Stig Anderson →
frequency	annual →
genreCoverage	classical music → contemporary music → jazz → popular music → world music →
hasNotableLaureate	Björk → Bob Dylan → Ennio Morricone → Led Zeppelin → Metallica → Paul McCartney → Pierre Boulez → Pink Floyd → Stevie Wonder → Yo-Yo Ma →
hasWebsite	https://www.polarmusicprize.org →
headquartersLocation	Stockholm →
inception	1989 →
languageOfOfficialWebsite	English → Swedish →
laureateTypes	bands → composers → ensembles → individual musicians → institutions →
location	Stockholm →
namedAfter	Polar Music →
nickname	Nobel Prize of Music →
organizer	Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation →
presentedBy	Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation →
prestige	one of the most prestigious music awards in the world →
scope	international →
selectionProcess	expert committee → jury selection →
typicalNumberOfLaureatesPerYear	2 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Benny Andersson → Björk → Joni Mitchell → Paul Simon → Peter Gabriel → Wayne Shorter → Yo-Yo Ma → Yo-Yo Ma →	awardReceived
Polar Music Prize ("Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation") →	organizer
Polar Music Prize ("Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation") →	presentedBy