Polarpriset till Gabriel och Abreu - Äntligen!

Brittiske musikern Peter Gabriel samt pianisten och ekonomen José Antonio Abreu från Venezuela tilldelas Polar Music Prize 2009. OTW Entertainment Television ansvarar för femte året i rad för TV4-produktionen när de båda vinnarna tar emot priset ur kung Carl XVI Gustafs hand den 31 augusti.

Se OTW:s filmade presentation av vinnarna på www.polarmusicprize.org

Juryns motivering:
"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 Polar Music Prize 2009 is awarded the Venezuelan conductor, composer and economist José Antonio Abreu. Driven by a vision that the world of classical music can help improve the lives of Venezuela’s children, he created the music network El Sistema, which has given hundreds of thousands the tools to leave poverty. José Antonio Abreu’s successful creation has promoted traditional values, like respect, fellowship and humanity.

His achievement shows us what is possible when music is made the common ground and thereby part of people’s everyday lives. Simultaneously, a new hope for the future has been given children and parents, as well as politicians. The vision of José Antonio Abreu serves as a model to us all."

För mer information, kontakta:
Anders Sundberg
VD, OTW Entertainment Television
08-50 55 62 25