The Leonardo da Vinci International Award () 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.
History The Leonardo da Vinci International Award was founded in 1975 by the Rotary Club 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 +Winners of the Leonardo da Vinci International Award YearPlaceWinnerSubject1975 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioBen LongPainting1976 Tours – Château AmboiseJean GuillaumeArt History1977 Athens – Aula MagnaStravos Valasakis and Constantinos PalaiologosSculpture1978 Vienna – Schwarzenberg PalaceOtto ProhaskaMedicine1979 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioAlberto BologniMusic1980 Tours – Chateau ArtignyClaude NaudionMedicine1981 Madrid – Aula MagnaFerdinando López VeraGeology1982 Athens – SenateDimitris SgourosMusic1983 Vienna – Schwarzenberg PalaceIngeborg HochmairMedicine1984 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioGiovanni BuonviciniPhysics1985 Tours – Ockeghem CenterPatrick BletteryArchitecture1986 Bruxelles – PalaisBaidyanath Misra and Yves ElskensPhysics1987 London – BarbicanEvelyn GlennieMusic1988 Würzburg – ResidenzDietrich LorkeMedicine1989 Madrid – EscorialJulián Agut SánchezMedicine1990 Amsterdam – Niewe KerkJoost van den ToornSculpture1991 Athens – Herodus TheaterLeonidas KavakosMusic1992 Vienna – PrunksaalHelmut Deubner Architecture, Ecology1993 Tours – Commerce SchoolFrédéric Patat Astrophysics1994 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioFabrizio Rossi ProdiArchitecture1995 Brussels – Royal BelgeJohan SchmidtMusic1996 London – Buckingham PalaceJoana QuinnAnimate Drawer1997 Würzburg – Marienberg FortKlaus OspaldMusic1998 Madrid – Jardines RodriguezEig OmadaDesign1999 Amsterdam – The Old ChurchBenoît HermansSculpture2000 Athens – Old ParliamentNikos FrantzolasPainting2001 Vienna – University of ViennaRenate MotschnigMathematics2002 Tours – Palais des CongressFrédéric BrochetEnology2003 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioRoberto VittoriAstronaut2004 Brussels – Palais des AcadémiesFrançoise RosierRestoration2005 London – Goldsmiths CompanySidsel Dorph-JensenSilver Designer2006 Würzburg – ResidenzRebecca BasileBiology2007 Madrid – Casa de CorreosEmilio Benito GarcíaEmergency System Organization2008 Amsterdam – Concert HallTies RijckenArchitecture2009 Athens – ParliamentDionysis GrammenosMusic2010 Vienna – University of ViennaJulius BrenneckeMedicine2011 Dublin – Trinity CollegeDavid OReilly (artist)Animation2012 Tours – Grand TheatreNicolas MonmarchéComputer science2013 Firenze – Palazzo VecchioNicola SalvioliRestoration2014 Brussels – Palais des AcadémiesMonique WeisHistory2015 London – Goldsmiths’ HallJohn SaundersMedicine2016 Würzburg – LMU MunichStephan BushEngineering2017 Madrid – Real Academia Espanola de LenguaGuillermo García-CalvoMusic2018 Amsterdam – RijksmuseumBoyan SlatTechnology2019Firenze – Palazzo VecchioSimona Crea Robotics2021Vienna – Palais TodescoAlma Deutscher Music2022Copenhagen 2023DublinDr Shane BerginPhysics 2024ToursMarie-Anita GaubePainting2025AthensVarvara-Antigoni AthinaiouClassical Music, Trompone
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