The George Peabody Medal, named in honor of George Peabody, is the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. The award was stablished in 1980, being presented annually to honor individuals who have made exceptional contributions to music in America, until in 2023 its name was updated as The George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music and Dance in America, in order "to be inclusive of more of the performing arts and to reflect the addition of a Dance degree in Conservatory."
Recipients
2025 Rakim
2024 Misty Copeland Stevie Wonder
2023 Terence Blanchard
2022 Herbie Hancock
2021 Renée Fleming
2020 Alex Ross
2019 Tori Amos
2018 Leon Fleisher
2016 Yo-Yo Ma
2015 Jessye Norman
2014 Kim Kashkashian
2013 Pete Seeger 2012 Roy Haynes Benjamin H. Griswold, IV 2011 Marni Nixon 2010 Libby Larsen James Levine 2009 Michael M. Kaiser 2008 Ken Robinson 2007 Quincy Jones 2006 Gilbert Kalish 2005 George Crumb 2004 John Corigliano 2003 André Previn 2002 Richard Goode Bobby McFerrin 2001 Isaac Stern 2000 Philip Glass 1999 Eileen Farrell Leonard Slatkin 1998 Anne Wiggins Brown 1997 Jacques T. Schlenger Barry Tuckwell 1996 David Zinman Wynton Marsalis 1995 Robert O. Pierce Melvin A. Steinberg Hugo Weisgall 1994 Jerome Hines Mstislav Rostropovich Billy Taylor 1993 Dominick Argento 1992 Josef Gingold Charles Rosen Randolph S. Rothschild 1991 Robert Mann Ruth B. Rosenberg Eileen Southern 1990 Steven Muller Robert Shaw André Watts 1989 Marilyn Horne 1988 Wilfred Bain David Lloyd Kreeger 1987 Gian Carlo Menotti Oscar Peterson Nicolas Slonimsky 1986 Boris Goldovsky 1985 Sidney M. Friedberg Joseph Meyerhoff Julius Rudel William Schuman 1984 Elliott Carter Todd Duncan William Schwann 1983 Milton Babbitt Ella Fitzgerald Paul Fromm 1982 Elliott W. Galkin Benny Goodman Gunther Schuller Roger Stevens 1981 Peter Herman Adler Marian Anderson Carleton Sprague Smith 1980 Leonard Bernstein Eubie Blake John Brademas
References
External links Peabody Institute