Académie Charles Cros
The Académie Charles Cros (Charles Cros Academy) is an organization located in Chézy-sur-Marne, France, that acts as an intermediary between government cultural policy makers and professionals in music and the recording industry.
The academy is composed of fifty members specializing in
The academy continues to stay abreast of advances in technology, from the development of 78 RPM
and all other readable, transportable music formats available today.Awards
Each year since 1948, the Academy has given out its grand prize, the
Categories
- Ancient Music
- Baroque Music
- Blues
- Chamber Music
- Choral Music
- First Recital
- French Song
- Instrumental and Symphonic Music
- Instrumental Soloist (new talent)
- Jazz
- Lyric Music
- Modern Music
- Opera
- Recordings for Children
- Vocal Soloist (new talent)
- World Music
In popular culture
In 1969, Jimi Hendrix was the recipient of the Popular Music Prize in the 1969 Academie Charles Cros Awards.[1]
References
- ^ "Hendrix Wins Paris Fest's Pop Prize" (PDF). International News Reports. Billboard Magazine. 22 March 1969. p. 66.