ISM Distinguished Musician Award
The Distinguished Musician Award (DMA) was established by the ISM in 1976 to recognise the outstanding contribution that an individual (member or non-member) has made to musical life in the UK.
Recipients of the DMA:
- 2021 Nicola Benedetti CBE
- 2020 Errollyn Wallen CBE
- 2019 Thomas Adès CBE
- 2018 John Wilson
- 2017 Kathryn McDowell CBE DL
- 2016 Oliver Knussen CBE
- 2015 Dame Emma Kirkby DBE
- 2014 Dame Felicity Lott DBE
- 2013 Julian Lloyd Webber
- 2012 Sir Antonio Pappano
- 2011 Dame Sarah Connolly DBE
- 2010 Judith Weir CBE
- 2009 John Stephens OBE
- 2008 Sir Mark Elder CBE
- 2007 Dame Janet Baker CH DBE
- 2006 Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE
- 2005 Pierre Boulez CBE
- 2004 Sir Malcolm Arnold CBE
- 2003 John McCabe CBE
- 2002 Sir Charles Mackerras AC CH CBE
- 2001 Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CBE
- 2000 Dame Fanny Waterman DBE
- 1998 Sir David Willcocks CBE MC
- 1997 Christopher Hogwood CBE
- 1996 George Malcolm CBE
- 1995 Sir Colin Davis CBE
- 1993 Julian Bream CBE
- 1991 Witold Lutoslawski HonRAM HonRNCM
- 1990 Norman Del Mar CBE
- 1986 Sir Simon Rattle CBE
- 1984 Sir Charles Groves CBE
- 1983 Sir Reginald Goodall CBE
- 1982 Sir Michael Tippett OM CH CBE
- 1981 Janet Craxton (posthumous)
- 1980 Jacqueline du Pre OBE
- 1979 Sir James Galway OBE
- 1979 Sir Adrian Boult CH
- 1978 Sir Peter Pears CBE
- 1977 Sir William Walton OM
- 1976 Sir Alexander Gibson CBE
