DJ Grandmaster Flash, German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and international music charity Playing for Change Foundation on Wednesday won Sweden’s Polar Music Prizes for 2019.
The award panel said Grandmaster Flash, born Joseph Saddler, is “rightly heralded as a hip-hop virtuoso,” and “one of the first to manipulate music by placing his fingers on the vinyl.”
It cited Grammy Award-winning Mutter for being “a musical phenomenon,” playing with “virtuosity and astonishing clarity.”
The winners will each receive a cash prize of $107,000. The award ceremony is in Stockholm on June 11.
Grandmaster Flash said it was an honor to receive the prize.
“In our culture, what we do as DJs gets overlooked,” he said.
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