2009 Polar Music Prize (1) | Nobel Prize Net

2009 Polar Music Prize (1)

Reason for Award

"...for his ground-breaking, outward-looking and boundary-busting artistry."

Laureates

Peter Gabriel

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Other works in the same year

"... Abreu 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."

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