Harriet Cohen International Music Award
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The Harriet Cohen International Music Award was founded in 1951 by Sir Arnold Bax and others in 1951, in honour of the British pianist Harriet Cohen.
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[edit] Recipients
[edit] 1950s
- 1951
- Philippe Entremont – Piano Medal[1]
- 1954
- Ingrid Haebler – Beethoven Medal
- 1955
- Donald Bell – Arnold Bax Memorial Medal, outstanding student from the Commonwealth[2]
- Jacques Klein
- Kenneth Schermerhorn [3][4]
- 1956
- 1957
- Mario delli Ponti – Bach Medal[6]
- Adam Harasiewicz, for outstanding achievement in piano[7][8]
- 1958
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun – Jean Sibelius Composition Medal[9]
- Miguel Querol Gavalda – Gold Medal
- Peter-Lukas Graf
- 1959
- Theo Bruins - Beethoven medal[10][11][12]
- Glenn Gould – Bach Medal[13][14]
- İdil Biret – Dinu Lipatti gold medal[15]
- Luis Garcia-Renart – Cello Prize[16]
[edit] 1960s
1960
- Joaquín Achúcarro – Best Debut of the Year[17]
- Piet Kee – Bach Medal[18]
- Bogdan Paprocki – Opera Medal[19]
1961
- Aafje Heynis – outstanding artistry[20]
- Oscar Mischiati – A. Davison Memorial Medal for Musicology
1962
- Barbara Hesse-Bukowska – British Medal[21][22]
- Byron Janis – Beethoven Medal (for best performance of two Beethoven Sonatas, the "Waldstein" and Opus 109)[23][24]
- Yonty Solomon – Beethoven Medal[25]
- Arve Tellefsen[26]
- Yaltah Menuhin / Joel Ryce [27]
1963
- Vladimir Ashkenazy – Piano Prize (shared)
- Norma Fisher – Piano Prize (shared)[28]
- Louise Talma – Sibelius Medal for Composition[29]
- Gloria Saarinen – Commonwealth Medal[30]
- Francis Chagrin – Film Composer of the Year[31]
1964
1965
- Martin Isepp – Carroll Donner Stuchell Medal for Accompanying[33]
1966
- Marie Collier [34]
- Waleri Gradow (Valery Gradow)[35][36]
- Ronald Stevenson – for Busoni centenary radio programme (possibly award year was 1967)[37]
1967
- José-Luis Garcia[38]
1968
- Roger Smalley – Contemporary music performance[39]
- Maureen Forrester – the Council's Prize[40]
- William Mathias – Bax Society Prize[41]
- Fernande Kaeser – Beethoven Medal[42]
[edit] 1990s
1996
- Roger Owens[43]
[edit] 2000s
2001
- Ilid Jones[44]
2002
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad (joint winner)[45]
- 2005
- Victoria Davies, harpist[46]
[edit] Dates not yet determined
- Diane Andersen – Bach Medal[47]
- Sebastian Benda – Bach Medal[48]
- Jennifer Bullock[49]
- Edwin Carr
- Maria Clodes (Maria Clodes-Jaguaribe) – best young pianist of the year[50]
- Paul Max Edlin[51]
- Christopher Green-Armytage[52]
- Jerome Jelinek – cello
- Fernando Laires – Beethoven Medal (in memory of Artur Schnabel)[53]
- Aase Nordmo Løvberg (Gold medal for singing)[54]
- Elizabeth Powell[55]
- Abbey Simon[56]
- Erna Spoorenberg
- Koji Toyoda – Bach medal[57]
- Valerie Tryon[58]
- Elena Vorotko – Bach Prize[59]
- Ronald Woodcock[60]
[edit] References
- ^ The International Who's Who 2004, p. 495.
- ^ Donald Bell
- ^ Nashville Symphony's Music Director Passes Away
- ^ Nashville Symphony - The Late Kenneth Schermerhorn
- ^ Rohan de Saram
- ^ Concert brochure
- ^ International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition
- ^ Associazione musicale culturale Domenico Sarro
- ^ Adnan Saygun
- ^ Reeser, Eduard, ed. (1959). Music in Holland: A review of contemporary music in the Netherlands. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff. p. 99. "To the youngest generation of pianists belongs THEO BRUINS [born 1929], who made his debut at an early age in the Concertos of Beethoven and Ravel. [...] In the spring of 1959 he was awarded the 'Harriet Cohen Beethoven Medal'."
- ^ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. 120. 1959. p. 223. "Der holländische Pianist Theo Bruins wurde mit der „Harriet Cohen Beethoven Medal for Piano" ausgezeichnet."
- ^ Mens en melodie. 14. 1959. p. 96. "Aan Theo Bruins werd de „Harriet Cohen Beethoven Medal" toegekend."
- ^ Biography of Glenn Gould
- ^ Memorabilia: Medals
- ^ Idil Biret in Dictionaries
- ^ Bard College Press Release (3.8.01) Woodstock Chamber Orchestra concert at Bard College features world premiere of work by Jonathan Russell and Works by Rameau and Saint-Saens]
- ^ Teatro Cervantes
- ^ Piet Kee
- ^ Bogdan Paprocki
- ^ Aafje Heynis
- ^ Polish Music Reference Center
- ^ Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
- ^ Honorary Master Scholar Biographical Sketches
- ^ Byron Janis – Firsts or Distinctions
- ^ The International Who's Who 2004, p. 1582.
- ^ Arve Tellefsen
- ^ Yaltah Menuhin Biography (page 5)
- ^ Royal Northern College of Music Norma Fisher
- ^ Louise Talma: Biography
- ^ Famous Canadian Women
- ^ Francis Chagrin
- ^ The Irish Times, "Mezzo' s talent matched by uncompromising principles", October 4, 2008
- ^ Martin Isepp
- ^ Philippa Johnson, "Top honour for Marie", The Herald (Melbourne), 19th January 1967, p18
- ^ Valery Gradow
- ^ Waleri Gradow
- ^ Ronald Stevenson Society
- ^ José-Luis Garcia (Violin/Conductor) resumé
- ^ Roger Smalley
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia Maureen Forrester
- ^ Oxford University Press William Mathias
- ^ In Memoriam
- ^ Franz Liszt Piano Works
- ^ Ilid Jones
- ^ Cheryl Frances-Hoad
- ^ Alumni Page
- ^ Diane Andersen
- ^ Sebastian Benda
- ^ Fleuri biographies
- ^ NEPTA Speaker Biographies for Monthly Meetings
- ^ Deal Summer Music Festival
- ^ UEA School of Music Instrumental Tutors
- ^ Eastman School of Music: Fernando Laires
- ^ Nordprofil: Tale til Nordmo Løvberg
- ^ Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Elizabeth Powell
- ^ Moores School of Music: Abbey Simon
- ^ World renowned teaching staff of the International Academy of the Suzuki Method
- ^ Honorary degree recipients
- ^ Elena Vorotko
- ^ National Piano and Violin Competition 2005 (Word document)
