Kyoto laureates in Arts and Philosophy
The Kyoto Prize is awarded annually in three categories: Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. The category Arts and Philosophy consists of four fields which are awarded in alternating cycles: Music, Arts, Theater and Cinema, and Thought and Ethics.
Laureates
Music
Year |
Laureate |
Country |
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1985 |
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Olivier Messiaen |
France |
1908–1992 |
A Composer Who Left a Significant Mark on the 20th Century Music with His Original Theoretical Framework Fundamentally Dependent upon Catholicism[3] |
1989 |
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John Cage |
United States |
1912–1992 |
A Composer Who Established a New Style of Contemporary Music by His New Concept of "Chance Music" and Non-Western Musical Thought[4] |
1993 |
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Witold Lutosławski |
Poland |
1913–1994 |
A Composer Who Opened New Possibilities of a Contemporary Musical Expression of Atonality and Aleatory Influenced by East European Folk Music[5] |
1997 |
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Iannis Xenakis |
Greece |
1922–2001 |
A Composer Who Created a Totally New Music Using Computer-Aided Approach by Viewing Music Statistically as a Set of "Sound Elements"[6] |
2001 |
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György Ligeti |
Austria |
1923–2006 |
A Composer with Superb Originality and Firm Commitment to Innovation who Continues to Present New Challenges[7] |
2005 |
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Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Austria |
born 1929 |
A musician of exceptional creativity who has contributed to the establishment of the historically informed performance of European early music, and who has extended his principles and interpretation to modern music[8] |
2009 |
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Pierre Boulez |
France |
1925–2016 |
A Musician Who Has Consistently Set Trends through His Composition, Conducting, Writing, and Organizational Operation[9] |
2013 |
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Cecil Taylor |
United States |
born 1929 |
An Innovative Jazz Musician Who Has Fully Explored the Possibilities of Piano Improvisation[10] |
2017 |
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Richard Taruskin |
United States |
born 1947 |
A Musicologist and Critic of Prodigious Erudition Who Has Transformed Contemporary Perspectives on Music through Historical Research and Essays That Defy Conventional Critical Paradigms[11] |
Arts
Year |
Laureate |
Country |
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1986 |
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Isamu Noguchi |
United States |
1904–1988 |
An Artist Who Fused Eastern and Western Tradition not only in Sculpture but also in Broad Areas of Physical Design[12] |
1990 |
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Renzo Piano |
Italy |
born 1937 |
An Architect Who Elicited a New Potentiality for Architecture by Lifting Technology to the Realm of Fine Art[13] |
1995 |
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Roy Lichtenstein |
United States |
1923–1997 |
A Painter Whose Pop-Art Motifs Continuously Challenged Established Concepts of Art Its Role in Modern Society[14] |
1998 |
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Nam June Paik |
United States |
1932–2006 |
An Artist Who Launched the Field of ”Media Art” With His Inventive Use of Image Media in Modern Art[15] |
2002 |
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Tadao Ando |
Japan |
born 1941 |
An architect who explored the limits of humankind's relationship with nature through his original forms and structures[16] |
2006 |
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Issey Miyake |
Japan |
born 1938 |
A designer who has made great contribution to the innovative development of clothing by fusing Eastern and Western cultures and applying cutting edge technology[17] |
2010 |
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William Kentridge |
South Africa |
born 1955 |
An Artist Who Has Created an Original Art by Fusing Traditional Drawings with Animation and Other Media[18] |
2014 |
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Fukumi Shimura |
Japan |
born 1924 |
An Artist in Constant Pursuit of the Fundamental Human Value of Harmonious Coexistence with Nature through the Artistic Creation of Tsumugi Kimono on the Basis of Folk Wisdom[19] |
2018 |
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Joan Jonas |
United States |
born 1936 |
An Artist Who Pioneered New Artistic Expression by Integrating Performance Art and New Media, Remaining at the Forefront of Contemporary Art for 50 Years[20] |
Theater, cinema
Year |
Laureate |
Country |
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1987 |
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Andrzej Wajda |
Poland |
1926–2016 |
A Film Director Who Kept a Firm Eye on the Tumultuous Era of Poland in the 20th Century and Has Depicted Liberty, Courage and Dignity of Human Beings[21] |
1991 |
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Peter Stephen Paul Brook |
United Kingdom |
born 1925 |
A Stage Director, Who Has Inspired New Anima to Classic Repertories through His Innovative Rendering Which Amalgamates Essential Expressions of West and East Theatre Traditions[22] |
1994 |
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Akira Kurosawa |
Japan |
1910–1998 |
A Film Director Who Has Pursued the Humanity with an Acute Insight and Highly Original Images[23] |
1999 |
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Maurice Béjart |
France |
1927–2007 |
A Choreographer Who Has Contributed the Dance to Regain Its Status as Fine Art through His Major Performances such as the ”Sacre du Printemps” and the ”Bolero”[24] |
2003 |
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Tamao Yoshida |
Japan |
1919–2006 |
The Foremost Master Puppeteer in Bunraku, a Major Classical Performance Art of Japan[25] |
2007 |
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Pina Bausch |
Germany |
1940–2009 |
A choreographer who has broken down the boundaries between dance and theater and pioneered a new direction for theatrical art[26] |
2011 |
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Tamasaburo Bando V |
Japan |
born 1950 |
A Creator of Elegant Beauty Whose Artistry with Kabuki at Its Core Crosses Many Genres of Performing Arts[27] |
2015 |
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John Neumeier |
United States |
born 1942 |
A Choreographer Who Developed 20th Century Ballet to New Levels, and Continues to Lead the Global Dance Scene Today[28] |
Thought and ethics
Year |
Laureate |
Country |
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1988 |
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Paul Thieme |
West Germany |
1905–2001 |
One of the Most Eminent Indologists of the 20th Century Who Made a Significant Contribution to the Comprehension of Indo-Aryan and the Ancient Indian Philosophy through His Detailed Studies of Vedic[29] |
1992 |
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Karl Raimund Popper |
United Kingdom |
1902–1994 |
A Philosopher Who Gave a Great Impact on the Intellectual World of Natural and Social Science by What He Calls Falsifiability Criterion and Advocated the Realization of Open Society Based on the "Critical Rationalism"[30] |
1996 |
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Willard Van Orman Quine |
United States |
1908–2000 |
A Philosopher Who Made Significant Contribution to the Development of Contemporary Philosophy by Rejecting the Method of Analytic-Synthetic Distinction and Naturalizing Epistemology Based on a Holistic and Systematic Linguistic Framework[31] |
2000 |
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Paul Ricœur |
France |
1913–2005 |
An Imposing Construct of Hermeneutic Phenomenology that Embraces a New Concept of Ethics[32] |
2004 |
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Jürgen Habermas |
Germany |
born 1929 |
Achievements in social philosophy, in particular establishment of the communicative action theory and discourse ethics, and its application in practical activities for a public-minded ideal society[33] |
2008 |
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Charles Margrave Taylor |
Canada |
born 1931 |
Construction of a Social Philosophy to Pursue the Coexistence of Diverse Cultures[34] |
2012 |
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
India |
born 1942 |
A Critical Theorist and Educator Speaking for the Humanities Against Intellectual Colonialism in Relation to the Globalized World[35] |
2016 |
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Martha Craven Nussbaum |
United States |
born 1947 |
A Philosopher Who Has Developed a New Theory of Justice Advocating the Capabilities Approach[36] |
References
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