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  1. Chuck Berry, Peter Sellars to receive Polar Music Prizes

    by , 05-10-2014 at 03:14 AM
    Chuck Berry, Peter Sellars to receive Polar Music Prizes

    The Polar Music Prize, music's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, will go to two Americans this year: rock 'n' roll icon Chuck Berry and theater/opera director Peter Sellars.

    Both laureates will be presented with the awards by King Carl XVI of Sweden at a gala Aug. 26 in Stockholm.

    The world's most prestigious music prize was founded 25 years ago by Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, ABBA's publisher, lyricist and ...