Nile Rodgers 'honoured' as he picks up Polar prize alongside Finnish composer

Chic co-founder Nile Rodgers said he was "honoured" as he picked up the 2024 Polar Music Prize alongside Finnish conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by manager of Abba, the late Stig 'Stikkan' Anderson, to celebrate excellence in music.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented the two recipients with the award at a gala ceremony held at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm on Tuesday.

Rodgers, 71, said: "I know that music changes lives.

"I've been told 'artists are the gatekeepers of truth’.

"I am honoured to be here tonight in such distinguished company.

"Congratulations to the outstanding Esa-Pekka Salonen and all the past recipients of the Polar Music Prize.

"To have been acknowledged in the same way as Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, Ennio Morricone and so many more of my heroes is a dream come true."

 

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