Page 29 - Kronos Quartet News Today

Angélique Kidjo to receive the 2023 Polar Music Prize - The Number One music magazine feat. band & artist news, reviews, interviews, videos & gossip UK & worldwide.

Polar Music Prize 2023: Chris Blackwell, Angélique Kidjo and Arvo Pärt are this year's laureates.

Chris Blackwell is joined by fellow Polar Music Prize winners Angélique Kidjo and Arvo Pärt. Read on for the full story…

Angelique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and legendary composer Arvo Part are the recipients of the 2023 Polar Music Prize

The composer and guitarist known for his innovative use of recorded speech has died in New York City.

Composer Reena Esmail’s Unique New Work Blends Indian and Western Classical Music Traditions.

In works like “John Somebody,” he mixed the structural rigor of classical composition with the ebullient sound and attitude of rock.

Cornish has watched the media evolve, experiment, and experience dramatic layoffs. In “The Assignment,” her CNN podcast, she’s trying to find a new way forward.

With big acts and even bigger crowds, the carefree, relaxed spirit normally associated with WOMADelaide was harder to find this year.

With big acts and even bigger crowds, the carefree, relaxed spirit normally associated with WOMADelaide was harder to find this year.