Hannigan, 54, said: “I am deeply moved and humbled to receive this year’s Polar Music Prize. “Thank you so much for including me among this incredible and inspiring group of laureates.” ...

British rock royalty Queen, American jazz great Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan are the 2025 recipients of the Polar Music Prize. The ceremony will be held on ...

Nile Rodgers and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen have been chosen as the recipients of the 2024 Polar Music Prize.. The Chic legend and the renowned Finnish conductor will receive prize money of one ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Polar Music Prize/Marco Borggreve Odds are you’ve heard of Queen and Herbie Hancock ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen, renowned conductor and composer, has been named the 2024 Polar Music Prize Laureate. Add a Show Listing: SAN FRANCISCO. Email: Sign-up: News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Nile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the 1970s influential disco band Chic and esteemed Finnish classical music composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen have won the 2024 Polar ...

The Polar Music Prize is exceptional in the fact that unlike other awards it recognises the entirety of an artiste's career. What an honour to be included in the glittering cavalcade of previous ...

Entertainment ‘Le Freak’s Nile Rodgers wins Swedish music prize. US disco legend Nile Rodgers, whose hits include “Le Freak” and “Good Times”, won Sweden’s 2024 Polar Music Prize.

The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on his annual Chicago Symphony booking last season to receive the Polar Music Prize, one of Scandinavia’s highest cultural honors.