List of recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts

1989

• Jonas Juškaitis – poet,^[1]
• Algirdas Martinaitis – composer,
• Šarūnas Sauka – painter,
• Kornelijus Matuzevičius – film director,
• Henrikas Šablevičius – movie director,
• 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 – architect,
• 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 – choir 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.

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,
• 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 Dainius 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,
• Kęstutis Navakas – writer and poet,
• Nijolė Lukšionytė-Tolvaišienė – architectural historian,
• Vytautas Balčytis – photographer,
• Jonas Vytautas Bruveris – musicologist,
• Rimvydas Kepežinskas – calligrapher and graphic artist,
• Mūza Rubackytė – pianist,
• Rimantas Sakalauskas – sculptor and ceramics artist
• Algirdas Vizgirda – flutist.

2007

• Vytautas Kernagis – artist and musician,
• Alfonsas Andriuškevičius – art critic,
• Šarūnas Nakas – composer,
• Vytautas Paukštė – actor,
• Nomeda Urbonienė and Gediminas Urbonas – artists,
• Zinaida Nagytė-Katiliškienė (Lūnė Sutema) – poet.^[2]

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 – film 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.^[3]

2014

• Regimantas Adomaitis – actor,
• Jakovas Grigorijus Kanovičius – writer,
• Rolandas Palekas – architect,
• Nelė Savičenko – actress,
• Eimutis Valentinas Sventickas – writer, critic,
• Algirdas Šeškus – photo artist.

2015

• Algirdas Jonas Ambrazas – musicologist,
• Leopoldas Digrys – musician,
• Dainius Gavenonis – actor,
• Giedra Radvilavičiūtė – writer,
• Vladas Urbanavičius – sculptor,
• Birutė Žilytė-Steponavičienė – graphic artist.

2016

• Audrius Ambrasas – architect,
• Vytautas Anužis – actor,
• Viačeslavas Ganelinas, Vladimiras Tarasovas, Vladimiras Čekasinas – Jazz musicians,
• Rūta Katiliūtė – painter,
• Gytis Lukšas – director,
• Valdas Papievis – writer.

2017

• Eglė Gabrėnaitė – actor
• Justė Gintvilė Janulytė – composer
• Danutė Dalia Kunickienė – writer
• Gintaras Makarevičius – scenographer
• Svajonė and Paulius Stanikai – visual artists
• Gintautas Trimakas – photographer

2018

• Vytautas Martinkus – writer
• Mirga Gražinytė – conductor
• Marius Ivaškevičius – writer
• Audrius Kemežys – cinematographer
• Darius Meškauskas – actor
• Artūras Raila – visual artists

2019

• Algimantas Puipa – film director^[1]
• Saulius Šaltenis – writer
• Asmik Grigorian − opera soloist
• Zita Bružaitė – composer
• Viktorija Kuodytė − actor
• Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė − artist
• Vaiva Grainytė − artist
• Lina Lapelyte − artist^[1]

2020

^[4]

• Jonas Tomaševičius [lt] - cinematographer
• Saulius Tomas Kondrotas [lt] - writer
• Rūta Stanevičiūtė [lt] - musicologist
• Regina Šaltenytė [lt] - actress
• Gintaras Balčytis [lt] - architect
• Eglė Ridikaitė [lt] - artist

2021

^[4]

• Vidas Petkevičius [lt] - actor
• Agnė Narušytė [lt] - art critic
• Vytautas Miškinis - choir conductor, composer
• Remigijus Treigys [lt] - photographer
• Dainius Liškevičius [lt] - creator of interdisciplinary art
• Daiva Vyčinienė [lt] - ethnomusicologist

2022

The winners were announced on December 12. The selection was made from 30 nominations shortlisted to 12.^[5]

• Kazimieras Saja, writer, "for hunting "mammoths" in theater and prose"
• Mantas Kvedaravičius, posthumously, for his documentaries
• Rimvydas Stankevičius [lt], poet, "for the classical gene in contemporary poetry"
• Edgaras Montvidas [lt], opera singer, "for his successful creative activities promoting the Lithuanian singing school on world stages"
• Žibuoklė Martinaitytė-Rosaschi, composer, "for the depth of light and darkness in contemporary music"
• Giedrė Žickytė, film director, "for a vigorous and impressive creative leap"