Awards Ceremony of Gold Medal in the Arts Takes Place in the Hermitage

On 27 June 2005 the State Hermitage and the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts (USA) jointly organized an Evening of Friends of the Arts during which the recipients of the first annual Gold Medal in the Arts Awards were announced.
The Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, co-chaired by Wayne and Catherine B. Reynolds, announced the recipients of the first annual Gold Medal in the Arts Awards, saluting the lifetime artistic or philanthropic achievement of Olivia de Havilland, Valery Gergiev, Martha Ingram, Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs, Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, and Sir Trevor Nunn.

Olivia de Havilland has appeared in films, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1934) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and on stage in Candida (1951).
Valery Gergiev is the artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre and Conductor of the Kirov Opera and Orchestra.
Martha Rivers Ingram, Chairman of the Board of Ingram Industries and Chairman of the Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees, created the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and chaired The Nashville Symphony board.
Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs has led the commercialization of Code Division Multiple Access, the world’s most advanced voice and data wireless communications technology, and along with his wife pledged $110 million to the University of California at San Diego.
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, active in the global business and cultural community, has received many awards and honors, including the Danish Order of the Elephant and Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and in 2004 donated the new opera house in Copenhagen called The Opera.
Sir Trevor Nunn served as Director of the National Theatre in England from 1997 to 2003, and received the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for Cats and Les Miserables.

Gold Medal in the Arts Award

On behalf of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and as a body of some of the world’s preeminent arts patrons, the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts proudly starts a new tradition in the recognition of extraordinary accomplishments in the arts: the KCICA Gold Medal in the Arts. Each year at its International Summit, the Committee will award inspiring individuals whose lifetime achievements-through artistic endeavors or philanthropy-have created, nurtured, supported and championed the world’s greatest art and artists.

Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts (KCICA)

With the Kennedy Center’s excellent world wide in the performing arts, the KCICA was established in 2002 as a committee whose members represent many nations. The committee meets twice annually-once at the Kennedy Center and once at an international destination. Under the leadership of Co-Chairs Wayne and Catherine Reynolds, the committee includes leading international arts patrons who have a passion for and dedication to the performing arts, as well as an interest in supporting young people through the arts. The KCICA supports the highest level of international exchange, promotes innovative arts management fellowships, and highlights the careers of the performers of the future.

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At the ceremony in the Hermitage

Olivia de Havilland

Martha Rivers Ingram

Sir Trevor Nunn

Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs

Gold Medal in the Arts Award