Sibelius Medal

Sibelius Medal
Sibelius Medal
Awarded for	"individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements as performers or supporters of Sibelius' music."
Sponsored by	Sibelius Society of Finland
Country	Finland
Presented by	Sibelius Society of Finland
Reward(s)	Medal
First awarded	1965
Website	www.sibeliusseura.fi/eng/medal.html

The Sibelius Medal is awarded to individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievements as performers or supporters of the music of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It has been awarded by the Sibelius Society of Finland since 1965.^[1] The medal was designed by sculptor Eila Hiltunen.

Recipients

The Sibelius Medal was awarded to 220 recipients from 1965 to 2015.^[2]

Selected recipients:

1965
- Urho Kekkonen, No. 1
- Aino Sibelius, No. 2
- Herbert von Karajan, No. 3
- Georg Szell
- John Barbirolli
- Birgit Nilsson
- Eugene Ormandy
- David Oistrakh
- Benjamin Britten
- Oleg Kagan
- Emil Telmányi
- Paavo Berglund
- Joonas Kokkonen
1970
- Okko Kamu
1977
- Colin Davis
1978
- Alexander Gibson
1979
- Isaac Stern
1980
- Henryk Szeryng
- Ida Haendel
- Viktoria Mullova
1981
- Leonard Bernstein
1984
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
1988
- Gennady Rozhdestvensky
1990
- Aulis Sallinen
1995
- Pekka Kuusisto
1997
- Glenda Goss
2005
- Osmo Vänskä, chief conductor
- Esa-Pekka Salonen, chief conductor
- Leif Segerstam, chief conductor
2006
- Izumi Tateno, pianist
2007
- Jorma Hynninen, opera singer
- Soile Isokoski, opera singer
- Reijo Kiilunen, managing director
- Jukka-Pekka Saraste, chief conductor
2008
- the Sibelius Society of Hämeenlinna
2009
- the Sibelius Society of Järvenpää
2010
- Andrew Barnett (UK), chairman
2011
- Tom Krause, opera singer
2014
- Folke Gräsbeck [fi], pianist
2015
- Simon Rattle, conductor^[3]
- Kari Kilpeläinen, docent
- Hilkka Helminen, museum director
- Paavo Järvi, conductor^[4]^[5]
- Juha Kurkinen, managing director
- Vesa Sirén, journalist
- Pekka Helasvuo [fi], conductor
- Kikuo Watanabe, pianist
- Markku Hartikainen, researcher

References

^ "The Sibelius Medal". Sibelius Society of Finland. 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Sibelius-Seuran mitalin saajat" (PDF). Sibelius Society of Finland (in Finnish). 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Sibelius-Medaille für Sir Simon Rattle". Botschaft von Finnland, Berlin (in German). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Paavo Järvi Awarded The Sibelius Medal". Pizzicato. Luxembourg. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ Brug, Manuel (18 October 2015). "Interview Paavo Järvi: 'Ich habe alle besser gemacht!'". Die Welt (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

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[1] "The Sibelius Medal". Sibelius Society of Finland. 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[2] "Sibelius-Seuran mitalin saajat" (PDF). Sibelius Society of Finland (in Finnish). 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[3] "Sibelius-Medaille für Sir Simon Rattle". Botschaft von Finnland, Berlin (in German). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[4] "Paavo Järvi Awarded The Sibelius Medal". Pizzicato. Luxembourg. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[5] Brug, Manuel (18 October 2015). "Interview Paavo Järvi: 'Ich habe alle besser gemacht!'". Die Welt (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

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