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Sweden's much acclaimed 2012 Polar Music Prize won by Yo-Yo Ma and Paul Simon
Simon and Ma will receive 1 million kronor ($166,000) each and an invitation to the prize ceremony in Stockholm Aug. 28.
Famous US singer-songwriter Paul Simon and Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma, born in Paris are the winners of the much-acclaimed 2012 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most prestigious award for musicians. Simon and Ma will receive 1 million kronor ($166,000) each and an invitation to the prize ceremony in Stockholm Aug. 28.
The award was founded by the late Stig Anderson, the manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, and has been handed out since 1992. It is typically shared by a pop artist and a classical musician.
"Yo-Yo Ma has dedicated his virtuosity and his heart to journeys of musical exploration and discovery around the world," the jury said in its citation. Calling Ma the "leading cellist of our time," the prize jury said Tuesday, May 7 he is "living proof that music is communication, passion and the ability to share experience." The citation also praised Simon as a "world-class songwriter" who captured the currents of his time with "consummate skill, innovative arrangements and provocative lyrics."
As for 70-year-old Paul Simon, the jury insisted "nobody else is more deserving of the epithet of 'world-class songwriter'." "For five decades, Paul Simon has built bridges not only over troubled waters but over entire oceans by (re)joining the world's continents with his music," the jury said, referring to his smash hit "Bridge over Troubled Water".
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