Praemium Imperiale
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The Praemium Imperiale is the world's largest and most prestigious arts prize in the five disciplines of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/film. Now in its 20th year, the Praemium Imperiale has grown to become a powerful voice for the importance of the arts in today’s world. It gives international recognition to the arts-much in the same way as the Nobel Prizes do in the Sciences. The 2008 laureates join a roster of 98 artists, including Ingmar Bergman, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Brook, Anthony Caro, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Jean-Luc Godard, David Hockney, Willem de Kooning, Akira Kurosawa, Renzo Piano, Robert Rauschenberg, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Ravi Shankar.
The 2008 Praemium Imperiale recipients are:
Painting Richard Hamilton
Sculpture Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
Architecture Peter Zumthor
Music Zubin Mehta
Theatre/film Sakata Tojuro
The Praemium Imperiale is the world's largest and most prestigious arts prize in the five disciplines of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music and Theatre/film. Now in its 20th year, the Praemium Imperiale has grown to become a powerful voice for the importance of the arts in today’s world. It gives international recognition to the arts-much in the same way as the Nobel Prizes do in the Sciences. The 2008 laureates join a roster of 98 artists, including Ingmar Bergman, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Brook, Anthony Caro, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Norman Foster, Frank Gehry, Jean-Luc Godard, David Hockney, Willem de Kooning, Akira Kurosawa, Renzo Piano, Robert Rauschenberg, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Ravi Shankar.
The 2008 Praemium Imperiale recipients are:
Painting Richard Hamilton
Sculpture Ilya & Emilia Kabakov
Architecture Peter Zumthor
Music Zubin Mehta
Theatre/film Sakata Tojuro
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