The Avery Fisher Prize
The Program awards the Prize to solo instrumentalists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and excellence in music, with consideration, since 2004, also being given to chamber ensembles. There is no age limit, and recipients must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. A marble plaque in David Geffen Hall (formerly Avery Fisher Hall) at Lincoln Center commemorates all who have received the Prize, which carries a monetary award of $100,000.
Prize Recipients
1975
Lynn Harrell, cellist
Murray Perahia, pianist
1978
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
1979
Emanuel Ax, pianist
1980
Richard Goode, pianist
1982
Horacio Gutiérrez, pianist
1983
Elmar Oliveira, violinist
1986
Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
1988
André Watts, pianist
1991
Yefim Bronfman, pianist
1994
Garrick Ohlsson, pianist
1999
Sarah Chang, violinist
Pamela Frank, violinist
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violinist
2000
Edgar Meyer, double bassist
David Shifrin, clarinetist
2001
Midori, violinist
2004
Emerson String Quartet
Eugene Drucker, violinist
Philip Setzer, violinist
Lawrence Dutton, violist
David Finckel, cellist
2007
Joshua Bell, violinist
2008
Gil Shaham, violinist
2011
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violinist
John Sherba, violinist
Hank Dutt, violist
Jeffrey Zeigler, cellist
2014
Jeremy Denk, pianist
2017
Claire Chase, flutist
2018
Leila Josefowicz, violinist
2020
Anthony McGill, clarinetist