Distinguished Artist Award
The Distinguished Artist Award is presented to artists who have made an outstanding contribution of talent, artistry, dedication, and service to the world of the performing arts. The contributions of these award recipients have gone above and beyond their prowess as artists.
View Past Recipients of the Distinguished Artist Award ⯆
2018 | Taylor Mac , Nasrdin Dchar , Lotte de Beer
2017 | Peter Brook CH, CBE , Margie Gillis , Robert Lepage , Kent Nagano
2016 | Bill T. Jones , Archie Roach AM
2015 | David Henry Hwang , Kirsten Dehlholm , Nils Landgren
2014 | Tan Dun , Totó la Momposina
2013 | David Lang , Krzysztof Pederecki
2012 | Mark Morris, Byungki Hwang 2011 | Karen Kain, Akram Khan, Michael Levine, Luc Plamondon
2010 | Ruža Pospiš Baldani, Eliza Gerner, Nicholas Hytner, Milko Šparemblek
2009 | Anna Deavere Smith, Nelson Freire, Grupo Corpo, Fernanda Montenegro
2008 | Emerson String Quartet, Dr. John Kani, Prof. Joseph Shabalala
2007 | Regina Carter
2006 | Madame Pak Suet-sin, Lin Hwai-min, Gilberto Gil
2005 | Audra McDonald, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
2004 | Alejandro Luna Ledesma, Fernando de la Mora
2003 | Ong Keng Sen, Sardono W. Kusumo, Ravi Shankar
2002 | Evelyn Glennie, Van Cliburn
2001 | Peter Sculthorpe, Tan Dun
2000 | Laurie Anderson, Pina Bausch
1999 | Maureen Forrester, Cleo Laine & John Dankworth
1998 | Max Roach, Elisabeth Sšderstršm
1997 | Yehudit Arnon, Leon Fleisher
1996 | Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Sir Simon Rattle, Twyla Tharp
1995 | Eliot Carter, Oscar Peterson
1994 | Erick Hawkins, Stephen Sondheim, Teresa Stratas, Dame Joan Sutherland, Mandawuy Yunupingu
1993 | Cab Callaway, Merce Cunningham, Julliard String Quartet, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Masur
1992 | Pierre Boulez, Lukas Foss, Skitch Henderson, Amalia Hernandez, Marcel Marceau, Jean Pierre Rampal, Tony Randall
1991 | Herb Alpert, Ion Caramitru, Henry Mancini, Anna Sokolow, Billy Taylor
1990 | Sir Colin Davis, Bella Lewitzky, Peter Sellars, Peter Serkin
1989 | Gerald Arpino, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Philip Glass, Sherrill Milnes
1988 | Elly Ameling, James Levine, Marvin Hamlisch, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Alwin Nikolais
1987 | Robert Brustein, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Peter Schickele, Edward Villella, Andre Watts
1986 | William Schuman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Suzanne Farrell, John Houseman, Dave Brubeck
1985 | Isaac Stern, Leontyne Price, Paul Taylor, Ruth Gordon, Peter Nero
1984 | Itzhak Perlman, Alvin Ailey, Roger Stevens, George Shearing
1983 | Leonard Slatkin, Arthur Mitchell, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
1982 | Roberta Peters, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Joshua Logan, Benny Goodman
1981 | Eugene Ormandy, Robert Joffrey, Pat Carroll, Victor Borge
1980 | Rise Stevens, Lucia Chase, Hal Holbrook, Ferrante & Teicher
1979 | Rudolf Serkin, Celia Franca, Fred Waring
1978 | Alexander Schneider, Jerome Robbins, Helen Hayes 1977 Arthur Fiedler, Agnes de Mille, Joseph Papp
1976 | Arthur Rubinstein, Martha Graham
1975 | Beverly Sills
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International Citation of Merit
The International Citation of Merit is presented for unique lifetime achievement which has enriched the international performing arts. This award is not for performance but rather for distinguished service working within the profession. For example work as a manager (artist/company/venue), in education, marketing and public relations, consultancy, festival director, acoustician, architect and other associated activities. Recipients may be a past or current member of ISPA.
View Past Recipients of the International Citation of Merit ⯆
2018 | David Staples , Joop Mulder
2017 | Dr. Ahmad Naser Sarmast Alain Simard André Ménard
2016 | Claudia Toni , Sue Nattrass AO
2015 | Graham Sheffield CBE
2014 | Ann Summers Dossena , Octavio Arbelaez
2013 | Russell Willis Taylor 2012 | Sir Clive Gillinson, Julia H. Moon 2011 | Anthony Field
2010 | Byron Gustafson, Martijn Sanders
2009 | Maestro José Antonio Abreu
2008 | Edna Landau, Dr. Miriam Makeba
2007 | Paul Kellogg
2006 | Robyn Archer, Prof. Lo King-man
2005 | Robert Harth, Dorothy Heathcote
2004 | Palacio de Bellas Artes
2003 | Val Bourne
2002 | Lotfi Mansouri
2001 | Robert Mann
2000 | Ellen Stewart, Kenneth Tribe
1999 | Dr. Walter Turnbull
1998 | Russell Johnson
1997 | Thea Dispeker
1996 | David Brierly, Harvey Lichtenstein
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Patrick Hayes Award
View Past Recipients of the Patrick Hayes Award ⯆
2018 | Cathy Barbash
2017 | Louise Mitchell
2016 | Linda Brumbach
2015 | Susan Stockton
2014 | Géza Kovács
2013 | Benson Puah
2012 | Charles S. Cutts 2011 | Martha H. Jones
2010 | Elizabeth Bradley
2009 | Robert Gilder
2008 | Judith Lisi
2007 | David Staples
2006 | Ruth Felt
2005 | Shelton g. Stanfill
2003 | Ken Fischer
2002 | Anthony Field
2001 | Douglas Wheeler
2000 | Frank Salomon
1999 | Judith Allen & Sheldon Soffer
1997 | Herbert Barrett
1996 | Eckard Heintz
1994 | Clinton Norton
1993 | Joseph Golden
1989 | Earl Williams
1987 | Walter Pierce
1986 | William Thurnauer
1985 | Shelton Gold
1984 | Gail Rector
1983 | Ruth McCreery
1981 | Betty C. Connors
1980 | Patrick Hayes
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Angel Award
View Past Recipients of the Angel Award ⯆
2017 | Sarah Billinghurst Solomon , Jacqueline Desmarais, O.C., G.O.Q.
2016 | Elise Wessels , Myer Family
2015 | New England Foundation for the Arts
2014 | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation , Semana Foundation
2013 | Petrobras , Polish Radio Channel 2 , KGHM Fundacja Polska Miedź S.A. , PKO Bank Polski
2012 | Barbara G. Fleischman, Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation
2011 | Dame Vivien Duffield DBE
2010 | Lola Jaffe
2009 | Dr. James Fleck, O.C.
2007 | The Mirvish Family Foundation
2006 | Concert Artists, Inc, Young Concert Artists, Inc.
2005 | Garfield Weston Foundation, Charles Hamlen
2004 | Mexico City Historic Center Foundation
2003 | Jerwood Foundation
2002 | Walter Carsen, Credit Suisse
2001 | The Mellon Foundation
2000 | Alberto Vilar
1996 | Harry Groen
1989 | Judy Dow Rumelhart
BMW
Leslie Wexner
James D. Wolfenson
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