Polar Music Prize
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The Polar Music Prize is a Swedish international award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, best known as the manager of the Swedish band ABBA, with a donation to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The
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Paul McCartney was the first winner in 1992 and one of two people (the other being Chuck Berry) who didn't receive the award in person.
Witold Lutosławski was the first classical musician to win the award in 1993.
Joni Mitchell was the first female award recipient in 1996.
Pink Floyd
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Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright, with David Gilmour joining at the end of 1967. Gaining an early underground fo
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…repeats, canon technique and minimal variation of patterns to develop an entire universe of evocative music, endowed with immediate tonal beauty." 2008 Pink Floyd United Kingdom "...for their monumental contribution over the decades to the fusion of art and music in the development of popular culture." Renée…
Pink Floyd in 1968 Clockwise from bottom: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Richard Wright
Pink Floyd in 1967. From left: Nick Mason, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett
The psychedelic artwork for A Saucerful of Secrets was the first of many Pink Floyd covers designed by Hipgnosis.
Waters performing with Pink Floyd at Leeds University in 1970