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Nile Rodgers of disco group Chic, classical music innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen win Polar Music Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoNile Rodgers, American songwriter and co-founder of the influential 1970s disco band Chic, and...
Esa-Pekka Salonen to leave San Francisco Symphony, citing dispute with orchestra's board
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoEsa-Pekka Salonen will leave the San Francisco Symphony following the 2024-25 season, just his fifth...
Nile Rodgers to receive 2024 Polar Music Prize
BANG Showbiz via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoNile 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...
Klaus Mäkelä, just 28, to become Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director in 2027
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoKlaus Mäkelä was hired Tuesday to succeed Riccardo Muti as music director of the Chicago Symphony...
Today in History: June 30, Night of the Long Knives
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoOn June 30, 1934, Adolf Hitler launched his “blood purge” of political and military rivals in Germany in what came to be known as the “Night of the Long Knives.” In 1921, President Warren G.
