List of recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts

The Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts honors achievements in Lithuanian culture and arts. It is traditionally awarded on February 16, commemorating the Act of Independence of Lithuania. The awards are conferred by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.

1989

• Jonas JuÅ¡kaitis – poet,
• Algirdas Martinaitis – composer,
• Å arÅ«nas Sauka – painter,
• Kornelijus Matuzevičius – film director,
• Henrikas Å ablevičius – movie director,
• Čiurlionis String Quartet, performers:
• Rimantas Å iugždinis – 1st violin,
• Saulius KiÅ¡kis – 2nd violin,
• Aloyzas Grižas – alto,
• Saulius Lipčius – cello.

1990

• Julius JuzeliÅ«nas – composer,
• Kazys Napoleonas Kitkauskas – architect,
• Algirdas Steponavičius – painter,
• Zita Žemaitytė – art critic,
• Romualdas Požerskis – photographer.

1991

• Vytautas Bložė – poet,
• Jeronimas Kačinskas – composer,
• Gediminas Karalius – sculptor,
• Bronius Radzevičius (posthumous) – writer,
• Povilas Ričardas VaitekÅ«nas – painter.

1992

• Valentinas Antanavičius – painter,
• Kazys BradÅ«nas – poet,
• Vladas Drėma – art critic,
• Petras GeniuÅ¡as – pianist,
• Arvydas Å liogeris – philosopher.

1993

• Petras Bingelis – choir conductor,
• Viktorija Daujotytė – literary critic,
• Vytautas Kavolis – sociologist,
• Vytautas KaÅ¡uba – sculptor,
• Laimonas Noreika – actor

1994

• Sigitas Geda – poet,
• Gintaras Rinkevičius – conductor,
• Algirdas Dovydėnas – painter,
• Regimantas Midvikis – painter,
• Algirdas Žebrauskas – architect,
• Ričardas KriÅ¡topavičius – architect,
• ArÅ«nas Sakalauskas – painter,
• Rimas Tuminas – theatre director.

1995

• Aleksandras Macijauskas – photographer,
• Raimundas Katilius – violinist,
• Bronius Kutavičius – composer,
• Algirdas Petrulis – painter,
• Vytautas Å erys – painter,
• Jonas Mekas – movie director,
• Antanas RubÅ¡ys – translator.

1996

• Osvaldas Balakauskas – composer,
• Stanislovas Kuzma – sculptor,
• Valentinas Masalskis – actor,
• Vladimiras Prudnikovas – opera vocal soloist,
• Jonas StrielkÅ«nas – poet,
• Eglė Å pokaitė – ballet dancer,
• Vytautas Valius – painter.

1997

• Alfonsas Nyka-NiliÅ«nas (birth name Alfonsas Cipkus) – poet and writer,
• Onutė Narbutaitė – composer,
• Petras RepÅ¡ys – painter,
• Juozas Erlickas – writer,
• Anatolijus Å enderovas – composer,
• RÅ«ta Ibelhauptienė and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas – piano duo,
• Eimuntas NekroÅ¡ius – theatre director.

1998

• Vidmantas Bartulis – composer,
• Feliksas Jakubauskas – painter,
• Algimantas Kunčius – photographer,
• Marcelijus Martinaitis – poet,
• Donatas Sauka – writer,
• Aldona Å altenienė – painter,
• Alfredas Bumblauskas – historian,
• Algimantas Galinis – TV director,
• Edvardas Gudavičius – historian,
• Albertas Žostautas – editor.

1999

• JÅ«ratė Onaitytė – actress,
• Donaldas Kajokas – poet,
• Kęstutis Pempė – architect,
• Gytis Ramunis – architect,
• Augustinas Savickas – painter,
• Linas Leonas Katinas – painter,
• Mindaugas Navakas – sculptor,
• Albertas Zalatorius – literary critic,
• Saulius Sondeckis – artistic director and conductor of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra,
• Ona Narbutienė – musicologist.

2000

• Eugenijus Cukermanas – painter,
• Dalia KasčiÅ«naitė – painter,
• Romualdas Granauskas – writer,
• Tomas Venclova – writer,
• Nijolė Miliauskaitė – writer,
• Irena MilkevičiÅ«tė – opera vocal soloist,
• Juozas Domarkas – conductor of the Lithuanian National Symphonic orchestra,
• Vladas Bagdonas – actor,
• Adomas Jacovskis – painter.

2001

• Leonardas Gutauskas – writer,
• Å arÅ«nas Bartas – movie director,
• Justinas Marcinkevičius – poet,
• Feliksas Bajoras – composer,
• Violeta Urmana – opera singer,
• Leonoras Vytautas Strioga – sculptor,
• Stasys Eidrigevičius – painter,
• Donatas Katkus – conductor, musicologist,
• Kostas Smoriginas – actor.

2002

• Robertas Antinis – sculptor,
• Petras VyÅ¡niauskas – jazz saxophonist,
• Oskaras KorÅ¡unovas – theatre director,
• Jurgis Juozapaitis – composer,
• Arvydas Každailis – painter,
• Audrius Stonys – movie director,
• Jonas Mikelinskas – writer,
• Kornelijus Platelis – writer,
• David Geringas – cellist.

2003

• Algimantas Jonas Kuras – painter,
• Jonas Dainius Aleksa – conductor,
• Vytautas Juozapaitis – opera singer,
• Vytautas Barkauskas – composer,
• Antanas Jonynas – writer,
• Petras Dirgėla – writer,
• Bitė Vilimaitė – writer,
• Antanas Sutkus – photographer,
• Jonas Vaitkus – theatre director.

2004

• Ona Baliukonė – writer,
• Sigitas Parulskis – writer,
• JÅ«ratė Paulėkaitė – scenographer,
• Petras MazÅ«ras – sculptor,
• Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis – silk-screen artist,
• Rytis Mažulis – composer,
• Sigutė Stonytė – opera singer,
• Stanislovas Žvirgždas – photographer,
• Vilnius State quartet performers:
• Audronė VainiÅ«naitė, 1st violin,
• ArtÅ«ras Å ilalė, 2nd violin,
• Girdutis Jakaitis, alto,
• Augustinas Vasiliauskas, cello.

2005

• Gintaras Varnas – theatre director,
• Laima Oržekauskienė – textile artist,
• Juozas Aputis – writer,
• Jurga Ivanauskaitė – writer,
• Ksenija JaroÅ¡evaitė – sculptor,
• Vytautas LauruÅ¡as – composer,
• Aidas Marčėnas – poet,
• ArÅ«nas Matelis – movie director,
• Robertas Å ervenikas – conductor.

2006

• Saulius JuÅ¡kys – architect,
• Kęstutis Navakas – writer and poet,
• Nijolė LukÅ¡ionytė-TolvaiÅ¡ienė – architectural historian,
• Vytautas Balčytis – photographer,
• Jonas Vytautas Bruveris – musicologist,
• Rimvydas Kepežinskas – calligrapher and graphic artist,
• MÅ«za Rubackytė – pianist,
• Rimantas Sakalauskas – sculptor and ceramics artist
• Algirdas Vizgirda – flutist.

2007

• Vytautas Kernagis – artist and musician,
• Alfonsas AndriuÅ¡kevičius – art critic,
• Å arÅ«nas Nakas – composer,
• Vytautas PaukÅ¡tė – actor,
• Nomeda Urbonienė and Gediminas Urbonas – artists,
• Zinaida Nagytė-KatiliÅ¡kienė (LÅ«nė Sutema) – poet.

2008

• Antanas Gailius – poet and translator,
• Vanda Juknaitė – writer,
• Regina RÅ«ta StaliliÅ«naitė Matulionienė – actress,
• Deimantas Narkevičius – media artist,
• Veronika Povilionienė – singer,
• Raminta Å erkÅ¡nytė – composer.

2009

• Almantas Grikevičius – movie director,
• Jonas Rimgaudas JuraÅ¡as – theater director,
• Romualdas Rakauskas – photographer,
• Marija MatuÅ¡akaitė – art critic,
• Ramutė Skučaitė – writer,
• Rolandas Kazlas – actor.

2010

• Virgilijus Noreika – singer,
• Icchokas Meras – writer,
• Vaclovas Augustinas – composer and conductor,
• Rolandas Rastauskas – writer,
• Povilas Mataitis and Dalia Lidija Mataitienė – theater director and theater artist,
• Jonas Paulius GasiÅ«nas – painter.

2011

• Vytautas ArÅ«nas ŽebriÅ«nas – film director,
• Algimantas Aleksandravičius – photographer,
• Vytautas Landsbergis – musicologist,
• Kęstutis GrigaliÅ«nas – visual artist,
• Henrikas Algis Čigriejus – writer,
• Asta KrikščiÅ«naitė – singer.

2012

• Vladas VildžiÅ«nas – sculptor,
• Kęstutis Nastopka – literary critic,
• Vitalijus MazÅ«ras – scenographer,
• Eugenijus MiliÅ«nas – architect,
• Žilvinas Kempinas – visual artist,
• Modestas Pitrėnas – conductor.

2013

• Donatas Banionis – actor,
• Faustas Latėnas – composer,
• Giedrius Kuprevičius – composer,
• Vladas BraziÅ«nas – writer,
• Juozas Budraitis – actor,
• Jonas Gricius – cinematographer.

2014

• Regimantas Adomaitis – actor,
• Jakovas Grigorijus Kanovičius – writer,
• Rolandas Palekas – architect,
• Nelė Savičenko – actress,
• Eimutis Valentinas Sventickas – writer, critic,
• Algirdas Å eÅ¡kus – photo artist.

2015

• Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas – musicologist,
• Leopoldas Digrys – musician,
• Dainius Gavenonis – actor,
• Giedra RadvilavičiÅ«tė – writer,
• – sculptor,
• Birutė Žilytė-Steponavičienė – graphic artist.

2016

• Audrius Ambrasas – architect,
• Vytautas Anužis – actor,
• Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas, Vladimiras Čekasinas – Jazz musicians,
• RÅ«ta KatiliÅ«tė – painter,
• Gytis LukÅ¡as – director,
• Valdas Papievis – writer.

2017

• Eglė Gabrėnaitė – actor
• Justė Gintvilė Janulytė – composer
• Danutė Dalia Kunickienė – writer
• Gintaras Makarevičius – scenographer
• Svajonė and Paulius Stanikai – visual artists
• Gintautas Trimakas – photographer

2018

• Vytautas Martinkus – writer
• Mirga Gražinytė – conductor
• Marius IvaÅ¡kevičius – writer
• Audrius Kemežys – cinematographer
• Darius MeÅ¡kauskas – actor
• ArtÅ«ras Raila – visual artists

2019

• Algimantas Puipa – film director
• Saulius Å altenis – writer
• Asmik Grigorian − opera soloist
• Zita Bružaitė – composer
• Viktorija Kuodytė − actor
• Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė − artist
• Vaiva Grainytė − artist
• Lina Lapelyte − artist

2020

• - cinematographer
• - writer
• - musicologist
• - actress
• - architect
• - artist

2021

• - actor
• - art critic
• Vytautas MiÅ¡kinis - choir conductor, composer
• - photographer
• - creator of interdisciplinary art
• - ethnomusicologist

2022

The winners were announced on December 12. The selection was made from 30 nominations shortlisted to 12.

• Kazimieras Saja, writer, "for hunting "mammoths" in theater and prose"
• Mantas Kvedaravičius, posthumously, for his documentaries
• , poet, "for the classical gene in contemporary poetry"
• , opera singer, "for his successful creative activities promoting the Lithuanian singing school on world stages"
• Žibuoklė Martinaitytė-Rosaschi, composer, "for the depth of light and darkness in contemporary music"
• Giedrė Žickytė, film director, "for a vigorous and impressive creative leap"

References

External links

• Laureates list at Lithuanian Culture Ministry website
• List of Prize Recipients Website of Lithuanian Professional Writers. Accessed August 26, 2007