The Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award is an Australian music award.
History and description The award was inaugurated in 1982. It honours the memory of Sir Bernard Heinze (1894–1982), who for 31 years was Ormond Professor of Music at the University of Melbourne, and one of the major pioneers of orchestral life in Australia.
The award is in the form of a medallion and is given to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
Recipients
1986 Ruth Alexander 1987 Professor Emeritus Sir Frank Callaway 1988 Malcolm Williamson eprints.utas.edu.au 1989 Patrick Thomas National Library: Papers of Patrick Thomas 1990 Beryl Kimber 1991 John Hopkins 1992 Leonard Dommett 1993 Peter Sculthorpe Music Australia 1994 Yvonne Kenny 1995 Jan Sedivka 1996 Richard Mills Richard Mills website Melbourne Recital Centre 1997 Donald Hazelwood 1998 Richard Gill 1999 Don Burrows Woodworks Gallery 2000 John Curro Nudgee College Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra 2001 John Painter 2002 Stephen McIntyre University of Melbourne NewsMove Records 2003 Graeme Koehne Canberra International Music Festival Graham Koehne website 2004 Richard Divall Bach Cantatas 2005 Richard Tognetti University of Melbourne News 2006 Graham AbbottUniversity of Melbourne News 2007 Barry Tuckwell MUSSE Horn Society 2008 Richard Bonynge The Melbourne Newsroom 2009 Brett DeanThe Melbourne Newsroom 2010 Simone Young MUSSE: Melbourne University Staff / Student E-news 2011 Carl Vine The Melbourne Newsroom 2012 Roger Covell The Melbourne Newsroom 2013 John Williams 2014 Anne Boyd Australian Music Centre 2015 Margaret J. Kartomi The Melbourne Newsroom 2016 Mary Vallentine 2017 Ronald Farren-Price Ronald Farren-Price AM receives the prestigious Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award, University of Melbourne 2018 Judy Bailey 2019 Deborah Cheetham 2020 Richard Letts 2021 Lyn Williams 2022 Piers Lane 2023 Nicolette Fraillon 2024 Linda Barwick 2025 Wilma Smith 2026 John Davis
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