The VPRO/Boy Edgar Award, is an annual award given to a Dutch jazz musician, composer, or bandleader. The individual must have made significant contributions to the Dutch jazz scene over a significant period of time. The award is a sculpture by Dutch fine artist Jan Wolkers, and a cash prize of 12,500 euros. It is widely regarded as the Netherlands' most prestigious and honorable jazz award. The award is given under the auspicies of the VPRO and Music Center the Netherlands. The prize was inaugurated in 1963 as the Wessel Ilcken Prijs, named after drummer

Wessel Ilcken Wessel Ilcken (December 2, 1923 in Hilversum – July 13, 1957 in Loosdrecht) was a Dutch jazz drummer. Ilcken lived in Paris in his youth, where he began to play drums and played in Piet van Dijk's band. In 1945, he married singer Rita Reys, ...

; in 1980 it was renamed the Boy Edgar Prijs, after

Boy Edgar Boy Edgar, pseudonyms of ''George Willem Fred Edgar'' ( Amsterdam, 31 March 1915 – 8 April 1980), was a Dutch jazz conductor, pianist and trumpeter.Huygens ING – Amsterdam. Bronvermelding: Lex Lammen, 'Edgar, George Willem Fred (1915–19 ...

. VPRO linked its name to the prize in 1992.

Winners

* 1963 Herman Schoonderwalt * 1964

* 1965 Piet Noordijk * 1966 Misha Mengelberg * 1967 Han Bennink * 1968 Harry Verbeke * 1969 Hans Dulfer * 1970 Willem Breuker * 1971

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* 1972

Kees Hazevoet Cornelis Jan "Kees" Hazevoet (born 15 March 1948) is a Dutch ornithologist and former professional jazz musician. He played piano, clarinet, and sometimes trumpet during his musical career, during which he was among the leading figures in the intr ...

* 1973

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* 1974 Orkest De Boventoon * 1975 Ohm * 1976/1977 (not awarded) * 1978 Stichting Claxon Maarten Altena and

Michel Waisvisz Michel Waisvisz ( ; 8 July 1949, Leiden – 18 June 2008, Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer, performer and inventor of experimental electronic musical instruments. He was the artistic director of STEIM in Amsterdam from 1981, where he collaborated ...

* 1979 Theo Loevendie * 1980 Rein de Graaff * 1981 Guus Janssen * 1982

Alan Laurillard Alan Laurillard (born April 20, 1946) is a Canadian composer, workshop leader, saxophonist, keyboard player and sample artist, living in the Netherlands and Bulgaria. He plays jazz, improvisational music and non-Western music. For his work as a m ...

* 1983 Nedly Elstak * 1984 Martin van Duynhoven * 1985 Ernst Reijseger * 1986

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* 1987 J.C. Tans * 1988

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* 1989

Ab Baars Ab Baars (born November 21, 1955 in Axel, Netherlands) is a Dutch saxophonist and clarinetist who has had an active performance career since the 1970s. He has recorded several albums for the Geestgronden Records, Atavistic Records, and WIG record ...

* 1990 Greetje Bijma * 1991 (not awarded) * 1992 Willem van Manen * 1993 Willem Breuker * 1994 Franky Douglas * 1995

Wolter Wierbos Wolter Wierbos (born 1 September 1957, in Holten, Overijssel) is a Dutch trombonist. Wierbos has played throughout Europe, Canada, USA and Asia. Wierbos has many awards to his name, including the Podiumprijs for Jazz and Improvised music and the ...

* 1996/97

Michiel Braam Michiel Braam (born 17 May 1964, Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. Life and career He studied at the ArtEZ School of Music in Arnhem, where he currently is head of the Jazz & Pop dept. In 1986 he founded 2 bands: ''B ...

* 1997/98

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* 1998/99 Paul van Kemenade * 2000 Sean Bergin * 2001 Eric Vloeimans * 2002

Tony Overwater Tony Overwater (Rotterdam, 24 March 1965) is a Dutch jazz bassist (acoustic bass and violone) and composer of jazz and improvisational music. In 2002 he received the VPRO/Boy Edgar Award, Boy Edgar Award, the most important jazz award in The ...

* 2003 Tobias Delius * 2004

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* 2006

Benjamin Herman Benjamin Herman (London, 9 May 1968) is a Dutch jazz musician. He is best known as an alto saxophonist and as leader of the jazz band New Cool Collective. Herman also plays the C-melody saxophone and flute. He also has a radio show on Radio 6 ...

* 2007 Bert van den Brink * 2008

Pierre Courbois Pierre Courbois (born 23 April 1940 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer. Career After studying percussion at the ''Hogeschool der Kunsten'' in Arnhem, Courbois left for Paris, the center of jazz in Europ ...

* 2009

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* 2010 Anton Goudsmit * 2011

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* 2012

Yuri Honing Yuri Honing (born 6 July 1965) is a Dutch jazz saxophonist. Career In 2001, Honing met Paul Bley and recorded the album ''Seven'' with Bley on piano, Gary Peacock on bass and Paul Motian on drums. This album garnered Honing the Dutch Edison Award ...

* 2013 Oene van Geel * 2014 Jeroen van Vliet * 2015

Tineke Postma Tineke Postma (born August 31, 1978) is a Dutch jazz saxophonist. Career At the age of eleven, Postma began playing the saxophone. She studied at the Amsterdam Conservatory between 1996 and 2003 and obtained a master's degree in music. Her teach ...

* 2016 Wilbert de Joode

External links

VPRO/Boy Edgar Award
{{DEFAULTSORT:VPRO Boy Edgar Award Jazz awards Dutch music awards Awards established in 1963