Ditson Conductor's Award
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The Ditson Conductor's Award was first made in 1945. It is the oldest award honoring conductors for their commitment to the performance of American music. The award included a $1,000 prize which was increased to $5,000 in 1999.
The Alice M. Ditson Fund at Columbia University makes this award possible. Alice M. Ditson (the widow of music publisher Charles H. Ditson), died April 30, 1940. She made a large bequest to Columbia University for "the encouragement and aide of musicians". One project of this fund became the prize for conductors with a commitment to American music. Other purposes included fellowships, public hearings, and the publication of the work of talented musicians deemed worthy of assistance.
[edit] Recipients of the Ditson Conductor's Award 1945-2006
| Year of Award | Recipient of Award |
|---|---|
| 1945 | Howard Hanson |
| 1946 | Leon Barzin |
| 1947 | Alfred Wallenstein |
| 1948 | Dean Dixon |
| 1949 | Thor Johnson |
| 1950 | Izler Solomon |
| 1951 | Robert Whitney |
| 1952 | Leopold Stokowski |
| 1953 | Walter Hendl |
| 1954 | David Broekman |
| 1955 | Robert Shaw |
| 1956 | Victor Alessandro |
| 1957 | Howard Mitchell |
| 1958 | Leonard Bernstein |
| 1959 | Julius Rudel |
| 1960 | Richard Bales |
| 1961 | Richard Franko Goldman |
| 1962 | Guy Fraser Harrison |
| 1963 | Milton Katims |
| 1964 | Emerson Buckley |
| 1965 | Jacob Avshalomov |
| 1966 | William Strickland |
| 1967 | Igor Buketoff |
| 1968 | Alan Carter |
| 1969 | Frederick Fennell |
| 1970 | Gunther Schuller |
| 1971 | Maurice Abravanel |
| 1972 | Louis Lane |
| 1973 | Stanislaw Skrowaczewski |
| 1974 | Lukas Foss |
| 1975 | Antal Doráti |
| 1976 | José Serebrier |
| 1977 | Eugene Ormandy |
| 1978 | Gregg Smith |
| 1979 | Sergiu Commissiona |
| 1980 | James A. Dixon |
| 1981 | Michael Charry |
| 1982 | Russell Patterson |
| 1983 | Julius Hegyi |
| 1984 | Leonard Slatkin |
| 1985 | Jorge Mester |
| 1986 | Efrain Guigui |
| 1987 | Dennis Russell Davies |
| 1988 | Lawrence Leighton Smith |
| 1989 | Gerard Schwarz |
| 1990 | Mstislav Rostropovich |
| 1991 | Christopher Keene |
| 1992 | Herbert Blomstedt |
| 1993 | Michael Tilson Thomas |
| 1994 | Gerhard Samuel |
| 1995 | Gustav Meier |
| 1996 | James Bolle |
| 1997 | David Zinman |
| 1998 | JoAnn Falletta |
| 1999 | Christoph von Dohnányi |
| 2000 | James DePreist |
| 2001 | Joel Sachs |
| 2002 | Edwin London |
| 2003 | David Alan Miller |
| 2004 | Donald Portnoy |
| 2005 | David Hoose |
| 2006 | David Robertson |
[edit] References
- Columbia University press releases, particularly [1]
- "Columbia Receives Trust to Aid Music", New York Times, May 16, 1940, page 31.
