Leonardo da Vinci International Award explained

The Leonardo da Vinci International Award (Italian: Premio Internazionale Leonardo da Vinci) is an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci, to award outstanding achievement by young people involved in the study of the sciences, technology, literature and the arts.^{[1] [2]} Among the disciplines recognised and rewarded so far have been painting, sculpture, music, geology, architecture, medicine and nuclear physics.^[3] Its previous laureates include musicians Evelyn Glennie and Leonidas Kavakos.^[4]

History

The Leonardo da Vinci International Award was founded in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Florence in collaboration with the Athens, Tours and Wien-Ring Rotary Clubs.

Since its foundation, seven more European Rotary clubs have joined the initiative:^{[5] [6]}

• 1981: Madrid
• 1983: Brussels
• 1984: London
• 1984: Würzburg
• 1989: Amsterdam
• 2006: Dublin
• 2017: Copenhagen

As of July 2020, eleven Rotary Clubs in Europe participate in this award ceremony: Florence, Tours, Vienna, Athens, Madrid, Würzburg, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, Dublin and Copenhagen.

Ceremonies

Winners of the Leonardo da Vinci International Award ^[7] !Year!Place!Winner!Subject

1975	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Ben Long^[8]	Painting
1976	Tours – Château Amboise	Jean Guillaume	Art History
1977	Athens – Aula Magna	Stravos Valasakis and Constantinos Palaiologos	Sculpture
1978	Vienna – Schwarzenberg Palace	Otto Prohaska	Medicine
1979	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Alberto Bologni	Music
1980	Tours – Chateau Artigny	Claude Naudion	Medicine
1981	Madrid – Aula Magna	Ferdinando López Vera	Geology
1982	Athens – Senate	Dimitris Sgouros	Music
1983	Vienna – Schwarzenberg Palace	Ingeborg Hochmair	Medicine
1984	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Giovanni Buonvicini	Physics
1985	Tours – Ockeghem Center	Patrick Blettery	Architecture
1986	Bruxelles – Palais	Baidyanath Misra and Yves Elskens	Physics
1987	London – Barbican	Evelyn Glennie	Music
1988	Würzburg – Residenz	Dietrich Lorke	Medicine
1989	Madrid – Escorial	Julián Agut Sánchez	Medicine
1990	Amsterdam – Niewe Kerk	Joost van den Toorn	Sculpture
1991	Athens – Herodus Theater	Leonidas Kavakos	Music
1992	Vienna – Prunksaal	Helmut Deubner	Architecture, Ecology
1993	Tours – Commerce School	Frédéric Patat	Astrophysics
1994	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Fabrizio Rossi Prodi	Architecture
1995	Brussels – Royal Belge	Johan Schmidt	Music
1996	London – Buckingham Palace	Joana Quinn	Animate Drawer
1997	Würzburg – Marienberg Fort	Klaus Ospald	Music
1998	Madrid – Jardines Rodriguez	Eig Omada	Design
1999	Amsterdam – The Old Church	Benoît Hermans	Sculpture
2000	Athens – Old Parliament	Nikos Frantzolas	Painting
2001	Vienna – University of Vienna	Renate Motschnig^[9]	Mathematics
2002	Tours – Palais des Congress	Frédéric Brochet	Enology
2003	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Roberto Vittori	Astronaut
2004	Brussels – Palais des Académies	Françoise Rosier	Restoration
2005	London – Goldsmiths Company	Sidsel Dorph-Jensen	Silver Designer
2006	Würzburg – Residenz	Rebecca Basile^[10]	Biology
2007	Madrid – Casa de Correos	Emilio Benito García	Emergency System Organization
2008	Amsterdam – Concert Hall	Ties Rijcken^[11]	Architecture
2009	Athens – Parliament	Dionysis Grammenos	Music
2010	Vienna – University of Vienna	Julius Brennecke^[12]	Medicine
2011	Dublin – Trinity College	David OReilly (artist)	Animation
2012	Tours – Grand Theatre	Nicolas Monmarché^[13]	Computer science
2013	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Nicola Salvioli^[14]	Restoration
2014	Brussels – Palais des Académies	Monique Weis	History
2015	London – Goldsmiths’ Hall	John Saunders^[15]	Medicine
2016	Würzburg – Ludwig Maximillian University	Stephan Bush^[16]	Engineering
2017	Madrid – Real Academia Espanola de Lengua	Guillermo García-Calvo^[17]	Music
2018	Amsterdam – Rijksmuseum	Boyan Slat^[18]	Technology
2019	Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio	Simona Crea	Robotics
2021	Vienna – Palais Todesco	Alma Deutscher^[19]	Music
2023	Dublin	Dr Shane Bergin	Physics

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