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Bookmark or Share- Press room - Polar Music PrizeThe Polar Music Prize Laureates of 2024 are Nile Rodgers and Esa-Pekka Salonen. See below for the latest press releases, bios, press pictures and press contacts.
- Iggy Pop - Polar Music PrizeThe Polar Music Prize 2022 is awarded to American rock icon James Newell Osterberg, better known as Iggy Pop. With his era-defining group The Stooges, Iggy Pop created furious rock music by blending together blues and free jazz influences with the roar of the Michigan automotive industry.
- Arvo Pärt - Polar Music PrizeThe Polar Music Prize 2023 is awarded to Arvo Pärt from Estonia. Composer Arvo Pärt has likened his music to white light. It is in the encounter with the prism of the listener’s soul that all colors become visible.
- Polar Music PrizeThe 2024 Polar Music Prize is awarded to Nile Rodgers from the USA. Dance music has been played for thousands of years. However, there are few in history, if any, who have composed dance music as sophisticated and subtly arranged as Nile Rodgers.
- The story behind the Polar Music PrizeThe Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig ”Stikkan” Anderson, one of the true greats in the history of popular music. As the publisher, lyricist and manager of ABBA, he played a key role in their enormous success. Its name stems from Anderson’s legendary record label, Polar Music.
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