Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize

1989

• Jonas Juškaitis – poet,
• Algirdas Martinaitis – composer,
• Šarūnas Sauka – painter,
• Kornelijus Matuzevičius – film director,
• Henrikas Šablevičius – movie director,
• M.K.Čiurlionis string quartet performers:
  • Rimantas Šiugždinis – 1st violin,
  • Saulius Kiškis — 2nd violin,
  • Aloyzas Grižas – alto,
  • Saulius Lipčius – cello.

1990

• Julius Juzeliūnas – composer,
• Kazys Napoleonas Kitkauskas – archaeologist,
• 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 Vaitekūnas – painter.

1992

• Valentinas Antanavičius – painter,
• Kazys Bradūnas – poet,
• Vladas Drėma – art critic,
• Petras Geniušas – pianist,
• Arvydas Šliogeris – philosopher.

1993

• Petras Bingelis – chorus conductor,
• Viktorija Daujotytė – literary critic,
• Vytautas Kavolis – sociologist,
• Vytautas Kašuba – sculptor,
• Laimonas Noreika – actor

1994

• Sigitas Geda – poet,
• Gintaras Rinkevičius – conductor,
• Algirdas Dovydėnas – painter,
• Regimantas Midvikis – painter,
• Algirdas Žebrauskas – architect,
• Ričardas Krištopavičius – architect,
• Arūnas Sakalauskas – painter,
• Rimas Tuminas – theatre director.

1995

• Aleksandras Macijauskas – photographer,
• Raimundas Katilius – violinist,
• Bronius Kutavičius – composer,
• Algirdas Petrulis – painter,
• Vytautas Šerys – painter,
• Jonas Mekas – movie director,
• Antanas Rubšys – translator.

1996

• Osvaldas Balakauskas – composer,
• Stanislovas Kuzma – sculptor,
• Valentinas Masalskis – actor,
• Vladimiras Prudnikovas – opera vocal soloist,
• Jonas Strielkūnas – poet,
• Eglė Špokaitė — ballet dancer,
• Vytautas Valius – painter.

1997

• Alfonsas Nyka – Niliūnas (birth name Alfonsas Cipkus) – poet and writer,
• Onutė Narbutaitė – composer,
• Petras Repšys – painter,
• Juozas Erlickas – writer,
• Anatolijus Šenderovas – composer,
• Rūta Ibelhauptienė and Zbignevas Ibelhauptas piano duo,
• Eimuntas Nekrošius – theatre director for play Hamlet.

1998

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

1999

• Jūratė 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 Kasčiūnaitė – painter,
• Romualdas Granauskas – writer,
• Tomas Venclova – writer,
• Nijolė Miliauskaitė – writer,
• Irena Milkevičiūtė – opera vocal soloist,
• Juozas Domarkas – conductor of the Lithuanian National Symphonic orchestra,
• Vladas Bagdonas – actor,
• Adomas Jacovskis – painter.

2001

• Leonardas Gutauskas — writer,
• Šarūnas Bartas — movie director,
• Justinas Marcinkevičius — poet,
• Feliksas Bajoras — composer,
• Violeta Urmana — opera singer,
• Leonoras Vytautas Strioga — sculptor,
• Stasys Eidrigevičius — painter,
• Donatas Katkus — conductor, musicologist, head of St.Christoforus Chamber Choir,
• Kostas Smoriginas — actor.

2002

• Robertas Antinis — sculptor,
• Petras Vyšniauskas — jazz saxophonist,
• Oskaras Koršunovas — 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 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,
• Jūratė Paulėkaitė – scenographer,
• Petras Mazūras – sculptor,
• Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis — silk-screen artist,
• Rytis Mažulis – composer,
• Sigutė Stonytė – opera singer,
• Stanislovas Žvirgždas – photographer,
• Vilnius State quartet performers:
  • Audronė Vainiūnaitė, 1st violin,
  • Artūras Šilalė, 2nd violin,
  • Girdutis Jakaitis, alto,
  • Augustinas Vasiliauskas, cello.

2005

• Gintaras Varnas - Theatre director,
• Laima Oržekauskienė - textile artist,
• Juozas Aputis — writer,
• Jurga Ivanauskaitė — writer,
• Ksenija Jaroševaitė — sculptor,
• Vytautas Laurušas — composer,
• Aidas Marčėnas — poet,
• Arūnas Matelis — movie director,
• Robertas Šervenikas — conductor.

2006

• Saulius Juškys - architect, for the reconstruction of the G.Petkevičaitė-Bitė public library in Panevėžys and the monument "Aukos laukas" in Kaunas honoring Romas Kalanta,
• Kęstutis Navakas - writer and poet, for the poetry books "Žaidimas gražiais paviršiais" and "Atspėtos fleitos", and the essays in "Gero gyvenimo kronikos",
• Nijolė Lukšionytė-Tolvaišienė - architectural historian, for the books "Antanas Vivulskis (1877-1919): tradicijų ir modernumo dermė" and "Vilniaus architektai 1850-1914",
• Vytautas Balčytis – photographer, for the photo cycles "Peizažai", "Vilniaus vaizdai", and "Lietuvos miesteliai"
• Jonas Vytautas Bruveris – musicologist, for the book "Lietuvos nacionalinis operos ir baleto teatras",
• Rimvydas Kepežinskas – calligrapher and graphic artist, for preserving calligraphy art and illustrations in books,
• Mūza Rubackytė – pianist, for concert activity,
• Rimantas Sakalauskas – sculptor and ceramics artist, for the interior of Kretinga church,
• Algirdas Vizgirda – flutist, for conceptual recordings.

2007

• Vytautas Kernagis artist and musician for lifetime achievements,
• Alfonsas Andriuškevičius, art critic for latest books Rašymas Dūmais and Lithuanian Art,
• Šarūnas Nakas, composer,
• Vytautas Paukštė actor for roles in plays Frank Kruk, Šaltas vaikas (Cold Child), King Lear, Road to Damascus,
• Nomeda Urbonienė and Gediminas Urbonas for art installations Pro-testo laboratorija and Villa Lituania,
• Zinaida Nagytė-Katiliškienė, better known with her pen name Lūnė Sutema, poetess.^[1]

2008

• Antanas Gailius – poet and translator,
• Vanda Juknaitė – writer,
• Regina Rūta Staliliūnaitė Matulionienė - actress,
• Deimantas Narkevičius – media artist,
• Veronika Povilionienė - singer,
• Raminta Šerkšnytė – composer.

2009

• Almantas Grikevičius - movie director,
• Jonas Rimgaudas Jurašas - theater director,
• Romualdas Rakauskas - photographer,
• Marija Matušakaitė - 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 Gasiūnas - painter.

2011

• Vytautas Arūnas Žebriūnas - movie director,
• Algimantas Aleksandravičius - photographer,
• Vytautas Landsbergis - musicologist,
• Kęstutis Grigaliūnas - visual artist,
• Henrikas Algis Čigriejus - writer,
• Asta Krikščiūnaitė - singer.

2012

• Vladas Vildžiūnas – sculptor,
• Kęstutis Nastopka – literary critic,
• Vitalijus Mazūras – scenographer,
• Eugenijus Miliūnas – architect,
• Žilvinas Kempinas – visual artist,
• Modestas Pitrėnas - conductor.

2013

• Donatas Banionis - actor,
• Faustas Latėnas - composer,
• Giedrius Kuprevičius - composer,
• Vladas Braziūnas - writer,
• Juozas Budraitis - actor,
• Jonas Gricius - cinematographer. ^[2]

2014