International Performer of the Year Award

 

The New York City Chapter's International Performer of the Year Award was created in 1978 to recognize excellence in organ performance and to increase public awareness of the organ and its performers. Robert Noehren was the first recipient (in 1978) of the award, which has continued for most but not all years following. The award is considered by many to be the highest honor given to organists by a professional musicians' guild in the United States.

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International Performer of the Year Award Recipients

     
  Recipient Recital Venue
2005 John Weaver Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
2002 Frederick Swann The Riverside Church
1999 Jon Gillock The Riverside Church
1998 John Scott Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal)
1997 Robert Glasgow Church of the Holy Family (Roman Catholic)
1988 Marilyn Mason The Riverside Church
1987 Simon Preston Alice Tully Hall
1986 Thomas Murray Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
1985 Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini * Saint Michael's Episcopal Church
1984 Marie-Claire Alain Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue
1983 David Craighead Trinity Church, Wall Street
1982 Jean Guillou The Riverside Church
1981 Gillian Weir Alice Tully Hall
1979 Catharine Crozier Alice Tully Hall
1978 Robert Noehren Alice Tully Hall
     
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