Polar Music Prize
Jazz musicians who received the Polar Music Prize: list of 6 recipients by year.
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 award is annually given to one contemporary musician and one classical musician. Exceptions were made in 2001, when it was awarded to three musicians (one composer, one contemporary musician and one inventor), and 2003, when both prizes were awarded to the same person. Without any restrictions of nationality, the prize is to be "awarded for significant achievements in music and/or musical activity, or for achievements which are found to be of great potential importance for music or musical activity, and it shall be referable to all fields within or closely connected with music". The prize has been called the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden. The awards were first presented in 1992.
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Recipients
| 2025 | Herbie Hancock American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940) |
| 2023 | Angelique Kidjo Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960) |
| 2007 | Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) |
| 2002 | Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008) |
| 1998 | Ray Charles American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004) |
| — | Joni Mitchell Canadian musician |