Tenco Prize
The Premio Tenco is an Italian music award that has been given annually since 1974 at the Rassegna della canzone d'autore (in German: Festival of the Authors' Song ) of the Club Tenco . The name of the award pays homage to the Italian cantautore Luigi Tenco .
The Tenco Prize honors songwriters from all over the world who are of outstanding importance for the author's song . The artist's life's work is always honored.
Within the festival, the best Italian artists of the year are awarded the Targa Tenco in various categories . Since 2006, in addition to the Tenco Prize for songwriters , a prize for personalities of culture (Operatori culturali) and the I Suoni della musica (in German: "The sounds of music") prize have been awarded.
Award winners
Premio Tenco for songwriters
- 1974 - Léo Ferré , Sergio Endrigo , Giorgio Gaber , Domenico Modugno and Gino Paoli
- 1975 - Vinícius de Moraes , Fausto Amodei , Umberto Bindi , Fabrizio De André , Francesco Guccini and Enzo Jannacci
- 1976 - Georges Brassens
- 1977 - Jacques Brel
- 1978 - Leonard Cohen
- 1979 - Lluís Llach
- 1980 - Atahualpa Yupanqui
- 1981 - Chico Buarque and Ornella Vanoni
- 1982 - Arsen Dedić
- 1983 - Alan Stivell , Paolo Conte , Giovanna Marini and Roberto Vecchioni
- 1984 - Colette Magny
- 1985 - Silvio Rodríguez , Dave Van Ronk and Bulat Schalwowitsch Okudschawa
- 1986 - Tom Waits and Joan Manuel Serrat
- 1988 - Joni Mitchell
- 1989 - Randy Newman
- 1990 - Caetano Veloso
- 1991 - Charles Trenet
- 1993 - Vladimir Vysotsky (posthumous)
- 1994 - Pablo Milanés
- 1995 - Sérgio Godinho
- 1996 - Renato Carosone
- 1997 - Jackson Browne
- 1998 - Elvis Costello
- 1999 - Bruce Cockburn and Zülfü Livaneli
- 2000 - Nick Cave and Rickie Lee Jones
- 2001 - Laurie Anderson and Luis Eduardo Aute
- 2002 - Donovan and Gilberto Gil
- 2003 - Eric Andersen and Patti Smith
- 2004 - Peter Hammill
- 2005 - John Cale and Cheb Khaled
- 2006 - Willy DeVille and Bruno Lauzi
- 2007 - Jacques Higelin
- 2008 - Milton Nascimento
- 2009 - Franco Battiato and Angélique Kidjo
- 2010 - Paul Brady
- 2011 - Ligabue and Jaromír Nohavica
- 2012 - The Klezmatics
- 2013 - Robyn Hitchcock
- 2014 - José Mário Branco , David Crosby , Maria Farantouri , Plastic People of the Universe , John Trudell
- 2015 - Francesco Guccini , Jacqui McShee
- 2016 - Otello Profazio , Stan Ridgway , Sergio Staino
- 2017 - Vinicio Capossela
- 2018 - Zucchero Fornaciari , Salvatore Adamo
- 2019 - Pino Donaggio , Gianna Nannini , Eric Burdon
Premio Tenco for personalities of culture
- 1974 - Nanni Ricordi
- 1975 - Michele L. Straniero
- 1976 - Filippo Crivelli
- 1977 - Dario Fo
- 1978 - Roberto Roversi
- 1979 - Roberto De Simone
- 1980 - Giancarlo Cesaroni
- 1981 - Giorgio Calabrese , Ornella Vanoni
- 1982 - Roberto Murolo
- 1983 - Sergio Bardotti
- 1984 - Paolo Poli
- 1985 - Bulat Okudžava
- 1986 - Susana Rinaldi
- 1989 - Zanna Bičevskaja
- 1990 - Antonio Carlos Jobim
- 1991 - Milva
- 1994 - Virgilio Savona
- 1995 - Cesária Évora , Cheikha Rimitti
- 1996 - Lowell Fulson
- 1997 - Paddy Moloney
- 1998 - Roger McGuinn
- 1999 - Mercedes Sosa
- 2000 - Ute Lemper , Franco Lucà
- 2001 - Meri Lao
- 2002 - Arto Lindsay , Enrique Morente
- 2003 - Jane Birkin , Maria del Mar Bonet
- 2004 - Dulce Pontes
- 2005 - Fernanda Pivano
- 2006 - Gianfranco Reverberi , Noa
- 2007 - Marianne Faithfull
- 2008 - Joan Molas , Banda Elastica Pellizza
- 2009 - Horacio Ferrer
- 2010 - Amancio Prada , Roberto Antoni
- 2011 - Mauro Pagani
- 2012 - Alessandro Portelli
- 2013 - Garland Jeffreys , Cui Jian
- 2014 - Gianni Minà
- 2015 - Guido De Maria
- 2016 - Sergio Staino
- 2017 - Massimo Ranieri , Camanè
- 2018 - Carlo Petrini
- 2019 - Franco Fabbri
"I suoni della canzone" award
- 2006 - Ellade Bandini
- 2007 - Beppe Quirici
- 2008 - Jimmy Villotti
- 2009 - Juan Carlos Biondini
- 2010 - Fausto Mesolella
- 2015 - Armando Corsi
- 2019 - Gaetano Curreri
Web links
- Club Tenco homepage (Italian)