Overview
- Serrat was selected Tuesday as the inaugural honoree for the Academia de la Música de España’s Premio de Honor.
- He will accept the award on May 26 in Madrid at the academy’s gala, a national awards show launched in 2024.
- The academy’s board reached the decision unanimously, and its president said his songs have guided several generations.
- The Premio de Honor was created to be awarded each year to figures whose careers changed the course of Spanish music.
- Serrat’s six-decade catalog includes Mediterráneo and settings of poets like Antonio Machado and Miguel Hernández, and after retiring from the stage in 2022 he has continued to receive tributes such as a March 2026 honorary doctorate in Argentina.