Winners of the National Culture and Art Prize (names of Kaunas artists are bolded)
2016
Audrius Ambrasas – architect
Vytautas Anužis – actor
Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas, Vladimiras Čekasinas – jazz musicians
Rūta Katiliūtė – painter
Gytis Lukšas – film director
Valdas Papievis – writer
2015
Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas – musicologist
Leopoldas Digrys – musician
Dainius Gavenonis – actor
Giedra Radvilavičiūtė – writer
Vladas Urbanavičius – sculptor
Janina Grasilda Žilytė (Birutė Žilytė) – graphic artist
2014
Regimantas Adomaitis – theatre and cinema actor
Jakovas Grigorijus Kanovičius – writer, playwright
Rolandas Palekas – architect
Algirdas Šeškus – photographer
Eimutis Valentinas Sventickas – literature critic, writer
Nelė Savičenko – actress
2013
Jonas Gricius – cameraman
Donatas Banionis – actor
Faustas Latėnas – composer
Giedrius Antanas Kuprevičius – composer
Vladas Braziūnas – writer
Juozas Budraitis – actor
2012
Vladas Vildžiūnas – sculptor
Kęstutis Nastopka – literature critic
Vitalijus Mazūras – artist
Eugenijus Miliūnas – architect
Žilvinas Kempinas – visual art creator
Modestas Pitrėnas – conductor
2011
Arūnas Žebriūnas – film director
Algimantas Aleksandravičius – photographer
Vytautas Landsbergis – musicologist
Kęstutis Grigaliūnas – visual artist
Henrikas Algis Čigriejus – writer
Asta Krikščiūnaitė – singer
2010
Povilas Mataitis – artistic director
Dalia Lidija Mataitienė – theatre artist
Icchokas Meras – writer
Virgilijus Noreika – singer
Vaclovas Augustinas – composer and conductor
Rolandas Rastauskas – writer
Jonas Gasiūnas – painter
2009
Almantas Grikevičius – cinema director
Jonas Rimgaudas Jurašas – artistic director
Rolandas Kazlas – actor
Marija Matušakaitė – art critic
Romualdas Rakauskas – photographer
Ramutė Skučaitė – writer
2008
Antanas Gailius – poet and translator
Vanda Juknaitė – writer
Regina Rūta Staliliūnaitė Matulionienė – actress
Deimantas Narkevičius – media art creator
Veronika Povilionienė – singer
Raminta Šerkšnytė – composer
2007
Alfonsas Andriuškevičius – art critic;
Vytautas Kernagis – author and performer of songs;
Zinaida Nagytė – Katiliškienė (literature nickname Liūnė Sutema) – poetess
Šarūnas Nakas – composer
Vytautas Paukštė – actor
Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonai – media artists
2006
Vytautas Balčytis – art photographer
Jonas Vytautas Bruveris – musicologist
Saulius Juškys – architect
Rimvydas Kepežinskas – artist
Nijolė – Tolvaišienė – art critic
Kęstutis Navakas – writer
Mūza Rubackytė – pianist
Rimantas Sakalauskas – artist
Algirdas Vizgirda – flutist
2005
Jurga Ivanauskaitė – writer
Vytautas Laurušas – composer
Robertas Šervenikas – conductor
Gintaras Varnas – artistic director
Ksenija Jaroševaitė – artist
Aidas Marčėnas – poet
Arūnas Matelis – director
Juozas Aputis – writer
Laima Oržekauskienė – artist
2004
Ona Baliukonytė – writer
Sigitas Parulskis – writer
Jūratė Paulėkaitė – scenographer
Petras Mazūras – artist
Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis – artist
Rytis Mažulis – composer
Sigutė Stonytė – opera soloist
Stanislovas Žvirgždas – art photographer
State Vilnius Quartet:
Audronė Vainiūnaitė, violin I,
Artūras Šilalė, violin II,
Girdutis Jakaitis, viola,
Augustinas Vasiliauskas, cello.
2003
Algimantas Jonas Kuras – artist
Jonas Aleksa – conductor
Vytautas Juozapaitis – opera soloist
Vytautas Barkauskas – composer
Antanas Jonynas – writer
Petras Dirgėla – writer
Bitė Vilimaitė – writer
Antanas Sutkus – art photographer
Jonas Vaitkus – artistic director
2002
Robertas Antinis – artist
Petras Vyšniauskas – saxophonist
Oskaras Koršunovas – artistic director
Jurgis Juozapaitis – composer
Arvydas Každailis – artist
Audrius Stonys – cinema director
Jonas Mikelinskas – writer
Kornelijus Platelis – writer
Davidas Geringas – cellist
2001
Leonardas Gutauskas – writer
Šarūnas Bartas – cinema director
Justinas Marcinkevičius – poet
Feliksas Bajoras – composer
Violeta Urmanavičiūtė – opera soloist
Leonoras Vytautas Strioga – artist
Stasys Eidrigevičius – artist
Donatas Katkus – conductor, musicologist, art director of St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra
Kostas Smoriginas – actor
2000
Eugenijus Cukermanas – artist
Dalia Kasčiūnaitė – artist
Romualdas Granauskas – writer
Tomas Venclova – writer
Nijolė Miliauskaitė – writer
Irena Milkevičiūtė – opera soloist
Juozas Domarkas – art director and principal conductor of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
Vladas Bagdonas – actor
Adomas Jacovskis – artist
1999
Kęstutis Pempė – architect
Gytis Ramunis – architect
Augustinas Savickas – artist
Linas Leonas Katinas – artist
Mindaugas Navakas – artist
Donaldas Kajokas – poet
Albertas Zalatorius – literature critic
Saulius Sondeckis – head and principal conductor of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Ona Narbutienė – musicologist
Jūratė Onaitytė – actress
1998
Vidmantas Bartulis – composer
Feliksas Jakubauskas – artist
Algimantas Kunčius – art photographer
Marcelijus Martinaitis – poet
Donatas Sauka – writer
Aldona Šaltenienė – artist
Alfredas Bumblauskas – historian
Algimantas Galinis – TV director
Edmundas Gudavičius – historian
Albertas Žostautas – editor
1997
Alfonsas Nyka – Niliūnas – Alfonsas Cipkus – writer
Onutė Narbutaitė – composer
Petras Repšys – artist
Juozas Erlickas – writer
Anatolijus Šenderovas – composer
Rūta Ibelhauptienė – artistic director
Zbignevas Ibelhauptas – artistic director
Eimuntas Nekrošius – artistic director
1996
Osvaldas Balakauskas – composer
Stanislovas Kuzma – artist
Valentinas Masalskis – actor
Vladimiras Prudnikovas – soloist
Jonas Strielkūnas – poet
Eglė Špokaitė – ballet dancer
Vytautas Valius – artist
1995
Raimundas Katilius – violinist
Bronius Kutavičius – composer
Aleksandras Macijauskas – art photographer
Algirdas Petrulis – artist
Vytautas Šerys – artist
Jonas Mekas – cinema director
Antanas Rubšys – translator
1994
Sigitas Geda – poet
Gintaras Rinkevičius – conductor
Algirdas Dovydėnas – artist
Regimantas Midvikis – artist
Algirdas Žebrauskas – architect
Ričardas Krištopavičius – architect
Arūnas Sakalauskas – artist
Rimas Tuminas – artistic director
1993
Petras Bingelis – choir conductor
Viktorija Daujotytė – literature critic
Vytautas Kavolis – sociologist
Vytautas Kašuba – artist
Laimonas Noreika – actor
1992
Valentinas Antanavičius – artist
Kazys Bradūnas – poet
Vladas Drėma – art critic
Petras Geniušas – pianist
Arvydas Šliogeris – philosopher
1991
Vytautas Bložė – poet
Jeronimas Kačinskas – composer
Gediminas Karalius – artist
Bronius Radzevičius (after death) – writer
Povilas Ričardas Vaitekūnas – artist
1990
Julius Juzeliūnas – composer
Kazys Napoleonas Kitkauskas – archaeologist
Algirdas Steponavičius – artist
Romualdas Požerskis – art photographer
Zita Žemaitytė – art critic
1989
Jonas Juškaitis – poet
Algirdas Martinaitis – composer
Šarūnas Sauka – artist
Kornelijus Matuzevičius – cinema director
Henrikas Šablevičius – cinema director
M.K.Čiurlionis Quartet:
Rimantas Šiugždinis – violin I
Saulius Kiškis — violin II
Aloyzas Grižas – viola
Saulius Lipčius – cello
