Award Winners
Since 1988 the Guild has presented three categories of awards: 1) to a conductor who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the art and profession of conducting; 2) to a conductor in recognition of outstanding achievement as both conductor and pedagogue, with significant service to the profession in the realms of scholarship, advocacy and/or orchestra building; and 3) a scholarship/award (presented biannually) to the outstanding participant from the preceding two seasons of conductor training workshops, to be used for career-related expenses or advanced conducting study.
The Theodore Thomas Award is presented biennially to a conductor in recognition of outstanding achievement as a conductor and extraordinary service to one’s colleagues in advancing the art and science of conducting, reflecting honor upon our profession. Past recipients have included:
1988 – Max Rudolf 1989 – Leonard Bernstein 1990 – Leon Barzin 1991 – Sir Georg Solti 1992 – Maurice Abravanel 1993 – Robert Shaw 1994 – Frederick Fennell 1995 – Margaret Hillis 1996 – Pierre Boulez 1997 – Leonard Slatkin 1998 – Kurt Masur 2000 – Claudio Abbado 2002 – James Levine 2004 – Michael Tilson Thomas 2006 – David Zinman 2008 – Marin Alsop 2010 – Esa-Pekka Salonen 2012 – Sir Colin Davis 2014 – Bernard Haitink 2016 – Sir Simon Rattle
The Max Rudolf Award is presented biennially in recognition of outstanding achievement as a conductor and pedagogue, and significant service to the profession in the realms of scholarship, advocacy and/or ensemble building. This award was established by the Conductors Guild in 1997 in memory of Max Rudolf – a longtime supporter of the Guild, conducting pedagogue and scholar. Past recipients have included:
1997 – Gunther Schuller 1999 – Gustav Meier 2001 – Otto-Werner Mueller 2003 – David M. Epstein 2005 – Daniel Lewis 2007 – Herbert Blomstedt 2009 – Paul Vermel 2011 – Jonathan Sternberg 2013 – Donald Hunsberger 2015 – Helmuth Rilling 2018 -- Harold Farberman 2022 - Dr. John Farrer
The Thelma A. Robinson Award is a scholarship/award formerly sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs was presented biennially to an outstanding participant from the preceding two seasons of Conductors Guild conductor training workshops for career-related expenses or advanced conducting study. Past Recipients have included:
1990 – Miriam Burns 1992 – Steven Martyn Zike 1994 – Laura Rexroth 1996 – Beatrice Jona Affron 1998 – Annunziata Tomaro 2000 – Eric Bell 2002 – Kevin Geraldi 2004 – Carolyn Kuan 2006 – Octavio Mas-Arocas 2008 – Katherine Kilburn 2011 – Matilda Hofman 2013 – Jamie Reeves 2016 -- Robert Whalen 2018 - Isaac Hutton
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