This video officilaly announces Anne-Sophie Mutter as a 2019 laureate of the Polar Music Prize, an annual award administered by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music since 1992.
The prize, which includes 1m Swedish Krona (c. £86,000/$110,000) for each winner, is usually awarded to one classical and one pop musician each year. For 2019 it has three laureates, with Mutter joined by hip hop DJ Grandmaster Flash and the Playing For Change Foundation.
To read more about the prize, click here.
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