Imperial Praemium

The Praemium Imperiale is a prestigious price allotted by Japan Art Association annually rewarding for the artists to accomplished work. The distinguished artists belong to the five following fields: painting, scuplture, architecture, music and finally the theater and/or the cinema.

Prizes winner

Painting

2007 : Daniel Buren
2006: Yayoi Kusama
2005 : Robert Ryman
2004: Georg Baselitz
2003 : Bridget Riley
2002 : Sigmar Polke
2001 : Lee Ufan
2000 : Ellsworth Kelly
1999: Anselm Kiefer
1998 : Robert Rauschenberg
1997: Gerhard Richter
1996: Cy Twombly
1995 : Matta
1994 : Zao Wou-Ki
1993 : Jasper Johns
1992: Pierre Soulages
1991: Balthus
1990 : Antoni Tapiès
1989 : Willem de Kooning
1989: David Hockney

Sculpture

2007 : Tony Cragg
2006: Christian Boltanski
2005: Issey Miyake
2004 : Bruce Nauman
2003 : Mario Merz
2002: Giuliano Vangi
2001 : Marta Side
2000: Niki de Saint Phalle
1999: Louise Bourgeois
1998: Dani Karavan
1997 : George Segal
1996: César
1995 : Christo and Jeanne-Claude
1994: Richard Tightened
1993: max Bill
1992: Anthony Caro
1991: Eduardo Chillida
1990 : Arnaldo Pomodoro
1989 : Umberto Mastroianni

Structure

2007 : Herzog & of Meuron
2006: Frei Otto
2005 : Yoshio Taniguchi
2004 : Oscar Niemeyer
2003: Rem Koolhaas
2002 : Norman Foster
2001: Jean Nouvel
2000: Richard Rogers
1999: Fumihiko Maki
1998 : Alvaro Siza
1997 : Richard Meier
1996: Tadao Ando
1995 : Renzo Piano
1994: Charles Correa
1993: Kenzo Tange
1992 : Frank O. Gehry
1991: Gae Aulenti
1990 : James Stirling
1989: Ieoh Ming Pei

Music

2007 : Daniel Barenboïm
2006: Steve Reich
2005 : Martha Argerich
2004 : Krzysztof Penderecki
2003 : Claudio Abbado
2002 : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
2001 : Ornette Coleman
2000 : Hans Werner Henze
1999: Oscar Peterson
1998: Sofia Gubaidulina
1997: Ravi Shankar
1996: Luciano Berio
1995 : Andrew Lloyd Webber
1994 : Henri Dutilleux
1993: Mstislav Rostropovich
1992 : Alfred Schnittke
1991: György Ligeti
1990 : Leonard Bernstein
1989: Pierre Boulez

Theater & Cinema

2007 : Ellen Stewart
2006 : Maya Plisetskaya
2005: Merce Cunningham
2004 : Abbas Kiarostami
2003: Ken Loach
2002 : Jean-Luc Godard
2001: Arthur Miller
2000: Stephen Sondheim
1999 : Fucked Bausch
1998: Richard Attenborough
1997: Peter Brook
1996: Andrzej Wajda
1995 : Nakamura Utaemon
1994 : John Gielgud
1993: Maurice Béjart
1992: Akira Kurosawa
1991 : Ingmar Bergman
1990 : Federico Fellini
1989 : Flesh-colored Marcel

External bond

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