Edison Award
The Edison Award is a 1960 equipped Dutch Music Prize, the - is awarded annually to outstanding recordings or artists - though not in all categories. It is comparable with the German Record Prize, the Brit Award in the UK, the Grand Prix du Disque in France or the Grammy in the USA. He is in the categories Pop ( Edison Music Award from 1998), Classic ( Edison Classical Music Award ) and Jazz ( Edison Jazz Award ) award.
The Pop Award is part of a TV show ( " Grand Gala du Disque ", " Disc", from 1995 as Edison Music Awards ) awarded. The price is a bronze sculpture by Thomas Alva Edison by the Dutch sculptor Pieter D' Hont.
Award winners
- Classical Music: Thomas Beecham, Eduard van Beinum, I Musici, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau
- Pop: Roelof Stalknecht, Frank Sinatra, Willy Alberti
- Jazz: Robert Prince; Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco (International Instrumental)
- Classical: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Joan Sutherland, Robert Casadesus, Bernard Haitink, Thurston Dart, Georg Solti, Amadeus Kwartet
- Pop: Wim Kan, Jack Marshall, Harry Belafonte, Ali Baba, Luchtmachtkapel, Blue Diamonds, Ko van Dijk
- Jazz: Rita Reys, John Coltrane
- Singer (National): Frank Boeijen
- Classical Music: Janine Jansen, Dietrich Henschel, Michael Schäfer, Maxim Vengerov, Dorothea Rosch man, The Harp Consort ( Andrew Lawrence-King )
- Pop: Ilse DeLange, Frans Bauer, Dido, Robbie Williams, Bløf, Simply Red, Hind, Evanescence, 50 Cent, Moloko, The White Stripes, Phil Collins, Veldhuis & Kemper, George Michael, Frank Boeijen, Kane, Di-rect, Heideroosjes, Johnny Hoes, Toon Hermans, Jacques Brel
- Jazz: Randal Corsicans, Dave Douglas, Electro Côco, Oi Va Voi, George Duke
- Singer (National): Jan Smit JAN - Smit.com
- Singer (National): Anouk - Hotel New York
- Group ( National): Racoon - Another Day
- Newcomer Group / Artist ( National): Jeugd van Tegenwoordig - Parels voor de zwijnen
- Singer (International): Jack Johnson - In Between Dream
- Singer (International): Katie Melua - Piece by Piece
- Group ( International): Coldplay - X & Y
- Newcomer Group / Artist ( International) James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
- Alternative: Rammstein - Rosenrot
- Dance: Armin van Buuren - Shivers
- R & B / Hip-Hop: Kanye West - Late Registration
- Music DVD (National): The Gathering - A Sound Relief
- Music DVD ( International): U2 - Vertigo
For the category Jazz see Edison Jazz Award.