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Founder
The Wihuri Foundation for
International Prizes was established in 1953 and the capital was also
donated by Mr. Antti Wihuri, the founder of the Jenny and Antti Wihuri
Foundation.
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Purpose
The purpose of the Wihuri
Foundation for International Prizes is to promote and sustain the
cultural and economic development of society by international prizes,
in particular the Wihuri Sibelius Prize. The Foundation shall
accomplish its aims by distributing prizes in recognition of creative
work that has specially furthered and developed the cultural and
economic progress of mankind. It shall also award the Wihuri Sibelius
Prize to prominent composers who have become internationally known and
acknowledged. These prizes may be awarded to private individuals or
organizations regardless of nationality, religion, race or language.
The prizes range from EUR
30,000 to 100,000, and a prize must be awarded at least every three
years.
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Administration
The Board of Trustees and the
Executive Director are the same as in the Jenny and Antti Wihuri
Foundation.
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Antti Wihuri
and Jean Sibelius, the first Wihuri Sibelius Prize receiver
in Ainola, 1953. |
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Wihuri Sibelius
Prize has been awarded to the following composers:
Jean Sibelius, 1953
Finland
Paul
Hindemith, 1955 Federal Republic of Germany
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1958 USSR
Igor Stravinsky, 1963 United States of America
Benjamin Britten, 1965 United Kingdom
Erik Bergman, Usko Meriläinen and
Einojuhani Rautavaara jointly, 1965 Finland
Olivier Messiaen, 1971 France
Witold Lutoslawski, 1973 Poland
Joonas Kokkonen, 1973 Finland
Krzysztof Penderecki, 1983 Poland
Aulis Sallinen, 1983 Finland
György
Ligeti, 2000 Austria
Magnus
Lindberg, 2003 Finland
Per
Nørgård, 2006 Denmark
Kaija
Saariaho, 2009 Finland
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Wihuri
International Prize has been awarded to the following scientists:
Rolf Nevanlinna, 1958 Finland,
mathematics
Pentti I. Halonen, Väinö Hovi and Joonas Kokkonen jointly,
1961 Finland, medicine, physics, music
Sir John McMichael, 1968 United Kingdom, medicine
Lars Ahlfors, 1968 United States of America, mathematics
Sir Peter Hirsch, 1971 United Kingdom, metallurgy
Georg Henrik von Wright, 1976 Finland, philosophy
Jaakko Hintikka, 1976 Finland, philosophy
Derrick B. Jelliffe, 1979 United States of America, nutrition
Aldo van Eyck, 1982 Netherlands, architechture
Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 1983 Denmark, meteorology
John Williams Mellor, 1985 United States of America, agricultural
economics
Kullervo Kuusela, 1988 Finland, forestry
Kari I. Kivirikko, 1991 Finland, medical biochemistry
Olli V. Lounasmaa, 1994 Finland, technical physics
Niilo O.B. Hallman, 1997 Finland, pediatrics
Barbara
Czarniawska, 2003 Sweden, economics
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Maritime Counselor Antti Wihuri on his 75th birthday awarding professor
Rolf Nevanlinna the first Wihuri International Prize. |
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