The Nederlandse Muziekprijs (Dutch Music Award) is the highest honor bestowed by the Dutch

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to a musician working in

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. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee for the Dutch Music Prize. The prize was initially given by the Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Arts (Fonds Amateurkunst en Podiumkunsten, FAPK), after 2007 by the Dutch Fund for Performing Arts+ (Nederlands Fonds voor Podiumkunsten+), and since the beginning of 2010 by the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten). This committee follows the candidate intensively for a period of two years, during which the candidate undertakes a study program agreed by the committee. At the end of the study process, the committee decides after a concert or exam whether to award the prize.

Winners

*1981 Hans Roelofsen (contrabass) *1984

Ronald Brautigam Ronald Brautigam (born 1954) is a Dutch concert pianist, best known for his performances of Beethoven's piano works on the fortepiano. Born in Amsterdam, Brautigam studied there with Jan Wijn (1971-79), then he left to study in London with John B ...

(piano) *1984 Jard van Nes (mezzosoprano) *1985 Wout Oosterkamp (bass-baritone) *1987 Martijn van den Hoek (piano) *1987 Olga de Roos (saxophone) *1988 Jacob Slagter (horn) *1989 Theodora Geraets (violin) *1991

Arno Bornkamp Arno Bornkamp en Córdoba - Argentina - 2010. Arno Bornkamp (Amsterdam, 1959) is a Dutch classical saxophonist, the professor of the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and is considered an influential soloist in the classical repertoire. Biography Arn ...

(saxophone) *1992

Pieter Wispelwey Pieter Wispelwey (born 25 September 1962) is a Dutch cellist. In 1992, he was the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, a government-awarded prize given to the most promising young musician in the Netherlands. He has come to ...

(cello) *1993 Manja Smits (harp) *1994 Quirine Viersen (cello) *1996 Godelieve Schrama (harp) *1997

Geert Smits Geert is a Dutch given name of Germanic origin, equivalent to the German Gerd and the English Gerry. The name is a condensed form of Gerard, itself a combination of the Germanic words ''ger'' (spear) and ''hard'' (strong or brave) meaning "strong ...

(baritone) *1999 Pauline Oostenrijk (oboe) *2003

Janine Jansen Janine Jansen (born 7 January 1978) is a Dutch violinist and violist. Early life and education Jansen was born in Soest in the Netherlands and came from a musical family. Her father plays organ, harpsichord and piano; from 1987 to mid-2011 he ...

(violin) *2004

Jörgen van Rijen Jörgen van Rijen (born 20 February 1975, Dordrecht) is Principal Trombone (jointly with Bart Claessens) at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) in Amsterdam. He is also a founding member of the Dutch trombone ensemble, New Trombone Collective, ...

(trombone) *2006

Liza Ferschtman Liza Ferschtman (born 1979) is a Dutch classical violinist who appears internationally, both as a soloist with orchestra and in chamber music. She received the Nederlandse Muziekprijs in 2006 and has directed the since 2007. Education Fersch ...

(violin) *2007 Gwyneth Wentink (harp) *2008 Christianne Stotijn (mezzosoprano) *2009

Lavinia Meijer Lavinia Meijer (born February 12, 1983) is a South Korean-born Dutch harpist.Lavinia Meijer
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(harp) *2009

Bram van Sambeek Bram van Sambeek (born 1980) is a Dutch bassoon soloist and teacher. He was principal bassoonist in the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (2002–2011) and played as a regular guest principal in the London Symphony Orchestra and Mahler Chamber O ...

(bassoon) *2010

Ties Mellema TIES may refer to: * TIES, Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science * TIES, The Interactive Encyclopedia System * TIES, Time Independent Escape Sequence * Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science * The International Ecotourism Society The Inter ...

(saxophone) *2010

Erik Bosgraaf Erik Bosgraaf (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch recorder player and musicologist. Early life Bosgraaf was born in Drachten, Netherlands. He received his Master of Arts in musicology from Utrecht University in 2006. In 2007 Bosgraaf, under the supervi ...

(recorder) *2010

Izhar Elias Izhar Elias (born in Amsterdam, 1977) was the first guitarist to win the Dutch Music Prize. He is specialised in new music for guitar, early and chamber music. By using historical methods and original instruments, Elias has been able to recreate a m ...

(guitar) *2010

Henk Neven Henk is a Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik. It influenced "Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries (mainly in the US) as a form of "Henry". People named "Henk" include: Academics *Henk Aertsen (born 1943), Dutc ...

(baritone) *2012

Rick Stotijn Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

(contrabass) *2016

Hannes Minnaar Hannes is a masculine given name and a diminutive of Johannes or Hannibal. Hannes may refer to: *Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) Swedish chemist and Nobel-prize winner *Hannes Aigner (born 1989), German slalom canoeist and Olympic medalist *Hannes An ...

(piano) *2016

Remy van Kesteren Remy or Rémy may refer to: Places * Remy River, a tributary of rivière du Gouffre in Saint-Urbain, Quebec, Canada * Rémy, a French commune in Pas-de-Calais * Remy, Oise, northern France * Remy, Oklahoma, USA * 14683 Remy, an asteroid * Pon ...

(harp) *2017 Rob van de Laar (horn) *2018 Peter Gijsbertsen (tenor) *2018 Maria Milstein (violin) *2019 Dominique Vleeshouwers (percussion) *2020

Lucie Horsch Lucie Horsch (born 1999) is a Dutch recorder player. She started playing the recorder at the age of five, and received her first national recognition at the age of nine, when her performance at Kinderprinsengrachtconcert was broadcast on nation ...

(recorder) *2020 Sebastiaan Kemner (trombone)

References

Webpage for the Nederlandse Muziekprijs
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