The 2025 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is to be awarded to Sir Simon Rattle, 70, ‘in recognition of his lifetime dedication to music’.
The prize comes with a 250,000 Euros money order. It will be handed over on May 17, at the Herkules hall in Munich.
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