2017 Polar Music Prize (1) | Nobel Prize Net

2017 Polar Music Prize (1)

Reason for Award

"As a composer, Sting has combined classic pop with virtuoso musicianship and an openness to all genres and sounds from around the world."

Laureates

Sting

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Other works in the same year

"[...]he has written a number of the most enduring compositions in the history of jazz. Without the musical explorations of Wayne Shorter, modern music would not have drilled so deep."

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