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King presents Polar Music Prize 2009

Kungaparet och Kronprinsessan tillsammans med polarpristagarna Jose Antonio Abreu (andra från vänster) och Peter Gabriel (andra från höger). Foto: Roger Vikström, Scanpix.

The King and Queen and The Crown Princess together with Polar Prize-winners Jose Antonio Abreu (second from left), and Peter Gabriel (second from right). Photo: Roger Vikström, Scanpix.

The King presented the Polar Music Prize for the eighteenth year in a row on Monday 31 August. The ceremony this year took place in a packed Concert Hall in Stockholm, and the prize-winners, Maestro José Antonio Abreu and Peter Gabriel, were each awarded the sum of one million Swedish kronor.
For the first time, the prize-winners were also presented with personal works of art. Karin Mamma Andersson and Jochum Nordström had produced the works of art, which were presented at the ceremony.
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