Singer Peter Gabriel and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu have won this year's Polar Music Prize.

歌手Peter Gabriel和委内瑞拉作曲家Jose Antonio Abreu获得今年的极地音乐奖。

Gabriel was praised for his 'ground-breaking' artistry

The pair will each receive one million kroner（挪威币） (£84,000) from the Royal Swedish Academy¹ of Music.

They will both be presented with their awards by King Carl XVI Gustaf at a gala ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on 31 August.

The Polar Music Prize is Sweden's biggest music award which is split² between pop and classical musicians.

The prize committee praised the former Genesis（发生，起源） singer for his "ground-breaking, outward-looking and boundary-busting artistry（艺术之性质）".

It added the star had "not only had a significant³ influence on the development of popular music - he has redefined the very concept⁴".

Abreu, who founded a network offering music classes and workshops to young people, was praised for his work which "shows us what is possible when music is made the common ground and thereby⁵ part of people's everyday lives".

The Polar Music Prize was founded by Stig Anderson, the manager of Swedish pop group ABBA, in 1989.

Last year's award was shared by British rock group Pink Floyd and US soprano（女高音） Renee Fleming.

Other artists to be awarded the prize include Sir Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Sir Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen, Ravi Shankar and Led Zeppelin.