Brian Eno wins Giga-Hertz Award for contribution to electronic music

Producer and musician takes home €10,000 for his lifetime of ‘musical transgression’ at prestigious ceremony

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Brian Eno has won what is arguably the world’s biggest electronic music prize, receiving €10,000 (£8,000) for his lifetime of “musical transgressions and ... innovative thinking in the field of internet and sound installation”. The Giga-Hertz Award for Electronic Music, presented by the German broadcaster SWR and the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics, has previously been awarded to electronic music composers like Pierre Boulez, Pauline Oliveros and Jonathan Harvey.

Eno accepted the award as part of a gala at Karlsruhe’s Imatronic Festival on Saturday. ZKM director Peter Weibel called the 66-year-old a “mastermind of the recording studio”, according to Deutsche Welle, hailing his ability to tailor “musical clothes” for other artists.

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