‘The Birth of Modern Music’ is the programme for the Music for Galway Midwinter Festival, which runs from Jan 17 to 19.

Jazz veteran Sonny Rollins and composer Steve Reich were awarded Sweden's top music prize from the country's King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony on Monday.

The surviving members of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin received the prestigious Polar Music Prize from Sweden’s king today in the city where they recorded their final studio album 27 years ago.

Led Zeppelin and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev were today named winners of the 2006 Polar Music Prize.