The Leonardo da Vinci International Award ( it, Premio Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci) is an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci, to award outstanding achievement by young people involved in the study of the sciences, technology, literature and the arts. Among the disciplines recognised and rewarded so far have been painting, sculpture, music, geology, architecture, medicine and nuclear physics. Its previous laureates include musicians Evelyn Glennie and

Leonidas Kavakos Leonidas Kavakos ( el, Λεωνίδας Καβάκος; born 30 October 1967) is a Greek violinist and conductor. As a violinist, he has won prizes at several international violin competitions, including the Sibelius, Paganini, Naumburg, and In ...

History

The Leonardo da Vinci International Award was founded in 1975 by the

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of Florence in collaboration with the Athens, Tours and Wien-Ring Rotary Clubs. Since its foundation, seven more European Rotary clubs have joined the initiative: * 1981: Madrid * 1983: Brussels * 1984: London * 1984: Würzburg * 1989: Amsterdam * 2006: Dublin * 2017: Copenhagen As of July 2020, eleven Rotary Clubs in Europe participate in this award ceremony: Florence, Tours, Vienna, Athens, Madrid, Würzburg, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Dublin and Copenhagen.

Ceremonies

{, class="wikitable" , +Winners of the Leonardo da Vinci International Award !Year !Place !Winner !Subject , - , 1975 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Ben Long , Painting , - , 1976 , Tours – Château Amboise , Jean Guillaume , Art History , - , 1977 , Athens – Aula Magna , Stravos Valasakis and Constantinos Palaiologos , Sculpture , - , 1978 , Vienna – Schwarzenberg Palace , Otto Prohaska , Medicine , - , 1979 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Alberto Bologni , Music , - , 1980 , Tours – Chateau Artigny , Claude Naudion , Medicine , - , 1981 , Madrid – Aula Magna , Ferdinando López Vera , Geology , - , 1982 , Athens – Senate ,

Dimitris Sgouros Dimitris Sgouros ( el, Δημήτρης Σγούρος; born 30 August 1969) is a Greek classical pianist.Ingeborg Hochmair Ingeborg J. Hochmair-Desoyer (born 1953) is an Austrian electrical engineer and the CEO and CTO of hearing implant company MED-EL. Dr Hochmair and her husband Prof. Erwin Hochmair co-created the first micro-electronic multi-channel cochlear i ...

, Medicine , - , 1984 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Giovanni Buonvicini , Physics , - , 1985 , Tours – Ockeghem Center , Patrick Blettery , Architecture , - , 1986 , Bruxelles – Palais , Baidyanath Misra and Yves Elskens , Physics , - , 1987 , London – Barbican , Evelyn Glennie , Music , - , 1988 , Würzburg – Residenz , Dietrich Lorke , Medicine , - , 1989 , Madrid – Escorial , Julián Agut Sánchez , Medicine , - , 1990 , Amsterdam – Niewe Kerk , Joost van den Toorn , Sculpture , - , 1991 , Athens – Herodus Theater ,

, Music , - , 1992 , Vienna – Prunksaal , Helmut Deubner , Architecture, Ecology , - , 1993 , Tours – Commerce School , Frédéric Patat , Astrophysics , - , 1994 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Fabrizio Rossi Prodi , Architecture , - , 1995 , Brussels – Royal Belge ,

Johan Schmidt Johan Schmidt (born 5 October 1964) is a Belgian pianist. He won the Maria Callas Competition in Athens, and was prized at the Queen Elisabeth (1987, 4th prize plus Audience prize), Tchaikovsky (1990, 3rd prize - ex-aequo with Kevin Kenner and ...

, Music , - , 1996 , London – Buckingham Palace , Joana Quinn , Animate Drawer , - , 1997 , Würzburg – Marienberg Fort , Klaus Ospald , Music , - , 1998 , Madrid – Jardines Rodriguez , Eig Omada , Design , - , 1999 , Amsterdam – The Old Church , Benoît Hermans , Sculpture , - , 2000 , Athens – Old Parliament , Nikos Frantzolas , Painting , - , 2001 , Vienna – University of Vienna , Renate Motschnig , Mathematics , - , 2002 , Tours – Palais des Congress , Frédéric Brochet , Enology , - , 2003 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio ,

Roberto Vittori Brigadier Roberto Vittori, OMRI (born 15 October 1964, in Viterbo) is an Italian Air Force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from the Italian Accademia Aeronautica in 1989, Vittori flew in the Italian Air Force. He then trained as a ...

, Astronaut , - , 2004 , Brussels – Palais des Académies , Françoise Rosier , Restoration , - , 2005 , London – Goldsmiths Company , Sidsel Dorph-Jensen , Silver Designer , - , 2006 , Würzburg – Residenz , Rebecca Basile , Biology , - , 2007 , Madrid – Casa de Correos , Emilio Benito García , Emergency System Organization , - , 2008 , Amsterdam – Concert Hall , Ties Rijcken , Architecture , - , 2009 , Athens – Parliament , Dionysis Grammenos , Music , - , 2010 , Vienna – University of Vienna , Julius Brennecke , Medicine , - , 2011 , Dublin – Trinity College ,

David OReilly (artist) David OReilly (born 1985) is an Irish artist, film maker and game developer based in Los Angeles, California, US. Work Animation OReilly began his animation career at the age of 14, where he worked at Cartoon Saloon. Aside from a 1-minute ...

, Animation , - , 2012 , Tours – Grand Theatre , Nicholas Monmarché , Informatic , - , 2013 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Nicola Salvioli , Restoration , - , 2014 , Brussels – Palais des Académies , Monique Weis , History , - , 2015 , London – Goldsmiths’ Hall , John Saunders , Medicine , - , 2016 , Würzburg – Ludwig Maximillian University , Stephan Bush , Engineering , - , 2017 , Madrid – Real Academia Espanola de Lengua , Guillermo García-Calvo , Music , - , 2018 , Amsterdam – Rijksmuseum ,

Boyan Slat Boyan Slat (born 27 July 1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur. A former aerospace engineering student, he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. Initial interest in plastic pollution In 2011, aged 16, Slat found more plastic than fish while div ...

, Technology , - , 2019 , Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio , Simona Crea , Robotics , - , 2021 , Vienna – Palais Todesco , Alma Deutscher{{Cite web, url=http://www.viemedia.at/premio-leonardo-da-vinci-an-alma-deutscher-verliehen/, title=Leonardo da Vinci Award 2021 Vienna, access-date=2021-05-31 , Music

References

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