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The 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.

Latest press releases

Pressmeddelande (SE): medverkande artister på Polar Music Prize 2024

Den 21 maj hedras årets mottagare av Polar Music Prize vid en ceremoni i Vinterträdgården på Grand Hôtel i Stockholm. Kvällen i Vinterträdgården bjuder på ett antal unika framträdanden för att hylla pristagarna. 

PM (Eng): Nile Rodgers and Esa-Pekka Salonen announced as 2024 Polar Music Prize Laureates

Stockholm, Tuesday 12 March: Nile Rodgers, award-winning songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, guitarist and co-founder of CHIC, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, esteemed conductor and composer, are announced today as recipients of the 2024 Polar Music Prize.

Pressmeddelande (SE): Nile Rodgers och Esa-Pekka Salonen tilldelas Polarpriset 2024

Nile Rodgers, den legendariska medgrundaren av sjuttiotalets ikoniska discogrupp Chic, och Esa-Pekka Salonen, den världsberömda tonsättaren och dirigenten, tilldelas The Polar Music Prize 2024.

Press review

Washington Post – March 12

Nile Rodgers of disco group Chic, classical music innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen win Polar Music Prize

San Francisco Chronicle – Marc 12

This S.F. luminary is a winner of a prestigious music prize

Billboard – March 12

Nile Rodgers and Esa-Pekka Salonen Named 2024 Polar Music Prize Laureates

The Independent – March 12

Nile Rodgers of disco group Chic, classical music innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen win Polar Music Prize

France 24 – March 12

'Le Freak's Nile Rodgers wins Swedish music prize

Dagens Nyheter – March 12

Esa-Pekka Salonen: ”Ingen annan kan skriva mina kompositioner”

Toronto Sun – March 12

Chic's Nile Rodgers, classical music innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen win Polar Music Prize

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Contact

Tanja Tabrizian

Press Contact – Sweden

tanja@polarmusicprize.org
+46 (0)760 520 991

Claire Singers

Press contact – International

info@clairesingers.com

Karen McNamara

Press contact – International

karen@marapublicity.com

Marie Ledin

Managing Director
Stiftelsen Stikkan Andersons Musikprisfond för The Polar Music Prize
marie.ledin@polarmusicprize.org

Alfons Karabuda

Chairman of the Polar Music Prize 
Award Committee
alfons.karabuda@polarmusicprize.org

Postal Address

Polar Music Prize
PO Box 55777
SE-114 83 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN

Visiting address: Banérgatan 16

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