Polar Music Prize
The Polar Music Prize of the Swedish founder Stig Anderson presents itself as an unofficial Nobel Prize for Music represents ( an official Nobel Prize for music, there is not ).
He is - awarded annually since 1992 from the Swedish king - analogous to the Nobel Prizes. The Stig Anderson Music Award Foundation manages him and determines the selective jury, which consists of eighteen members, who are recruited from the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Anderson's family and people in the music world. The award is ever a pop artist and a classical musician. It is endowed with 1 million Swedish kronor (about 110,000 Euros ).