Previous Recipients of the Crystal Award Jose Antonio ABREU, 2009 Gilberto GIL, 2006 NOA, 1998 Conductor Musician and Minister of Culture Singer and songwriter Sharmeen OBAID-CHINOY, 2013 Vladimir ASHKENAZY, 1995 Nadine GORDIMER, 1995 Documentary filmmaker Pianist and conductor Author Ben OKRI, 1995 Margaret ATWOOD, 2010 Barbara HENDRICKS, 1995 Author and poet Author Soprano Julia ORMOND, 2003 Shabani AZMI, 2006 Ikuo HIRAYAMA, 1995 Actress & co-chair, FilmAid Int’l Actress and social activist Painter Tao HO, 1997 Deepika PADUKONE, 2020 Amitabh BACHCHAN, 2009 Architect and artist Actress and fashion icon Actor and director Jenny HOLZER, 1996 Krzysztof PENDERECKI, 1997 Shigeru BAN, 2015 Artist Composer and conductor Architect Ibrahim HUSSEIN, 1997 Sidney POITIER, 2002 Luc BESSON, 2012 Painter and calligrapher Actor, director and producer Filmmaker Quincy JONES, 2000 Lord PUTTNAM, 1997 Andrea BOCELLI, 2015 Producer, composer, musician Film producer Tenor and Singer-songwriter Sumet JUMSAI, 1999 A. R. RAHMAN, 2011 BONO, 2002 Architect and painter Film composer, musician and singer Singer Udo JURGENS, 2010 Lionel RICHIE, 2005 Mario BOTTA, 1996 Singer and composer Musician Architect Dani KARAVAN, 1995 SHAKIRA, 2017 Wissam BOUSTANY, 1998 Sculptor Singer and Songwriter Flautist Amjad Ali KHAN, 1997 Mallika SARABHAI, 2009 José CARRERAS, 2011 Composer and sarod player Artist and activist Opera singer Angelique KIDJO, 2015 Jorge SEMPRUN, 1999 Yvonne CHAKA CHAKA, 2012 Singer-songwriter Writer Singer Lang Lang, 2010 Ravi SHANKAR, 1996 CHEN Kaige, 1996 Pianist Sitarist and composer Film director James LEVINE, 2003 Rodion SHCHEDRIN, 1995 YAO Chen, 2016 Conductor and Artistic Director Composer Actress Jet LI, 2009 Anant SINGH, 2001 CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE, 1995 Actor Film producer Artist-engineers Julian LLOYD WEBBER, 1998 Wole SOYINKA, 1995 Paulo COELHO, 1999 Cellist Poet and playwright Author Yo-Yo MA, 2008 Frank STELLA, 1995 Painter Matt DAMON, 2014 Cellist Actor and co-founder, Water.org Amin MAALOUF, 2000 Oliver STONE, 1995 Director, writer and producer Leonardo DICAPRIO, 2016 Writer and historian Actor and founder, Leonardo DiCaprio Lorin MAAZEL, 2014 TAN Swie Hian, 2003 Foundation Film Conductor and musician Painter, poet, philosopher, author Michael DOUGLAS, 2006 Richard MEIER, 1995 Charlize THERON, 2013 Director, producer and actor Architect Actor Umberto ECO, 2000 Lord MENUHIN, 1995 Emma THOMSON, 2008 Writer, historian and philosopher Violinist and conductor Actor and writer Olafur ELIASSON, 2016 MIDORI, 2012 Mario VARGAS LLOSA, 2001 Artist Violinist Author Hans ERNI, 1999 Nikita MIKHALKOV, 1996 Maxim VENGEROV, 2007 Artist Film director Violinist Lynette WALLWORTH, 2020 Ivan FISCHER, 1998 Es’kia MPHAHLELE, 1998 Artist Conductor Writer Forest WHITAKER, 2017 Juan Diego FLOREZ, 2014 Vik MUNIZ, 2013 Artist and Social Activist Tenor and Founder, Sinfonia por el Peru Artist Anne-Sophie MUTTER, 2017 Elie WIESEL, 1995 Peter GABRIEL, 2001 Violinist Author Singer, songwriter and musician Youssou N’DOUR, 2001 will.i.am, 2016 Theaster GATES, 2020 Musician and singer Musician Artist Shirin NESHAT, 2014 Jin XING, 2020 Richard GERE, 2005 Artist Choreographer Actor and President, Gere Foundation Benjamin ZANDER, 1999 Valery GERGIEV, 2004 Conductor Artistic & General Director, Mariinsky Theatre.