Serrat had been proposed on several occasions for the award, which last year went to American actress Meryl Streep.
Spanish singer and composer Joan Manuel Serrat is the winner of Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts 2024 “for the scope of an artistic career that transcends music,” the jury announced this Wednesday.
The work of the 80-year-old Catalan singer-songwriter, highly appreciated both in Spain and Latin America, was highlighted for combining “the art of poetry and music at the service of tolerance, shared values, the richness of the diversity of languages and cultures , as well as a necessary desire for freedom”, according to the minutes of the jury for this award convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation, the heir to the Spanish throne.
There are few Spanish popular music singers who have won this award in the 45 editions, since it began its journey in 1981. Paco de Lucia he took it in 2004 and Carmen Linares more recently, in 2022, an award that the singer shared with the dancer Maria Pages. Bob Dylan He achieved it in 2007.
Serrat had been proposed on several occasions for the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, an award that last year went to the American actress. Meryl Streep.
Serrat’s farewell to the stage
On December 1, 2021, at the age of 77, he announced his retirement from the stage with an international tour – ‘El vice de canto 1965-2022’ – with which he was successful even in New York.
His farewell has been accompanied by multiple awards: the Council of Ministers awarded him the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise and he obtained the Medal of Honor from the SGAE.
Honorary Doctor from several Spanish and Ibero-American universities, he also has numerous awards: Gold Medal in Fine Arts and Merit at Work, an honorary Latin Grammy, the National Prize for Current Music and an Honorary Award from the Music Awards. Music.
Source: Ambito
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