Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award

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: • 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.

Winners of the Leonardo da Vinci International Award • Year — Place — Winner — Subject • 1975 — Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio — Ben Long — 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 — 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 — Biology • 2007 — Madrid – Casa de Correos — Emilio Benito García — Emergency System Organization • 2008 — Amsterdam – Concert Hall — Ties Rijcken — Architecture • 2009 — Athens – Parliament — Dionysis Grammenos — Music • 2010 — Vienna – University of Vienna — Julius Brennecke — Medicine • 2011 — Dublin – Trinity College — David OReilly (artist) — Animation • 2012 — Tours – Grand Theatre — Nicolas Monmarché — Computer science • 2013 — Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio — Nicola Salvioli — Restoration • 2014 — Brussels – Palais des Académies — Monique Weis — History • 2015 — London – Goldsmiths’ Hall — John Saunders — Medicine • 2016 — Würzburg – LMU Munich — Stephan Bush — Engineering • 2017 — Madrid – Real Academia Espanola de Lengua — Guillermo García-Calvo — Music • 2018 — Amsterdam – Rijksmuseum — Boyan Slat — Technology • 2019 — Firenze – Palazzo Vecchio — Simona Crea — Robotics • 2021 — Vienna – Palais Todesco — Alma Deutscher — Music • 2022 — Copenhagen • 2023 — Dublin — Dr Shane Bergin — Physics • 2024 — Tours — Marie-Anita Gaube — Painting • 2025 — Athens — Varvara-Antigoni Athinaiou — Classical Music, Trompone