Culture awards assigned in 2008

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• MADIS KÕIV
• REIN MARAN
• VALTER OJAKÄÄR

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2007:

• AARNE SALUVEER, MAIDO SAAR – X Estonian Youth Song and Dance Celebration `Ilmapuu Lävel`
• ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR, DMITRI BERTMAN, ARVO VOLMER, NEEME KUNINGAS, ENE-LIIS SEMPER – opera `Wallenberg`
• ILMAR RAAG – film `Klass` (`The Class`)
• ANTS SOOTS – recording the music of Veljo Tormis
• OTT KADARIK, VILLEM TOMISTE, MIHKEL TÜÜR – projecting the housing of the Rotermani district in Tallinn

Culture awards assigned in 2007

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• ITA EVER
• EINO TAMBERG
• MATS TRAAT

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2006:

• ANTS HEIN, IVAR LEIMUS, RAIMO PULLAT, ANTS VIIRES – encyclopedic masterwork `Johann Cristoph Brotze Estonica`
• TÕNU KALJUSTE – Veljo Tormis´s choral cycle `Naistelaulud` (`Women’s Songs`) on the island of Naissaare
• MERLE KARUSOO – staging `Under`, `Täna me ei mängi` (`Today we won’t play`) and `Küpsuskirjand`
• ANDRUS KIVIRÄHK – book `Leiutajateküla Lotte` (`Lotte from Gadgetville`), dramatic plays `Sürrealistid`(`The Surrealists`) and `Teatriparadiis` (`Theatre Paradise`)
• MAI LEVIN – exhibitions `Ühest sajandist teise. Kristjan ja Paul Raud` (`From one century to the next. Kristjan and Paul Raud`) and `Vene valitsejad. Valitsejaportreed Eesti kunstikogudest` (`The Russian Rulers. Portraits of Russian tsars from Estonian art collections`), exhibition catalogues.

Culture awards assigned in 2006

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• JAAN KROSS
• JAAK SOANS

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2005:

• MARE AUN – three collections `Setumaa. Uurimusi arheoloogiast, numismaatikast, etnoloogiast ja ajaloost` (`Setumaa. Research on archaeology, numismatics, ethnology and history`). (2003, 2004, 2005)
• DORIS KAREVA – collection of poems `Aja kuju` (`Shape of Time`)
• KRISTA KODRES – book `Eesti kunsti ajalugu 2 1520-1770` (`Estonian Art History 2 1520-1770`)
• ANDRES UIBO- double CD `56 Eesti rahvalaulutöötlust orelile` (`56 folk ballads processed for organ`) and creative accomplishments in 2005
• PEKKA VAPAAVUORI – the architect of the Art Museum of Estonia (KUMU)

Culture awards assigned in 2005

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• DEBORA VAARANDI
• MIKK MIKIVER

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2004:

• DAVID VSEVIOV – radio program `Müstiline Venemaa` (`Mysterious Russia`) and a book `Bütsantsi keisrid` (`Emperors of the Byzantine`)
• ENN SÄDE – cinema verite `Jüri see mulk ehk mis tuul müürile…`
• HELINA TULVE – musical composing in 2004
• PEETER ULAS – exhibition `Kujundite kasvamise lugu`
• VELJO TORMIS, TÕNU KALJUSTE, PEETER JALAKAS, AKI SUZUKI, ENAR TARMO, REET AUS - Opus magnum `Eesti Balladid` (`Estonian Ballads`)

Culture awards assigned in 2004

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• HERTA ELVISTE
• VELLO SALO

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2003:

• OLARI ELTS – concerts in 2003
• HANNES KALJUJÄRV – acting in 2003
• LEO ROHLIN – Ceramics handbook and exhibition `Klassikud` (`The Classics`)
• THE ORGANIZING TEAM OF VILJANDI FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL (Piret Aus, Liina Härm, Ülle Jantson, Ants Johanson, Pille Kirsimäe, Ando Kiviberg, Krista Sildoja, Tarmo Tähepõld)
• AARNE ÜKSKÜLA – participation in the plays `Teener` (`Servant`) by VAT Theater, `Isad ja Pojad` (`Fathers and Sons`) and `Kuritöö ja Karistus` (`Crime and Punishment`) by Linnateater

Culture awards assigned in 2003

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• KUNO ARENG
• HANDO RUNNEL

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2002:

• JÜRI KERMIK – book `A. M. Luther 1877-1940. Materjalidest võrsunud vormiuuendus`
• TÕNU LUIK – raamat `Filosoofiast kõnelda` (`To Speak of Philosophy`)
• TÕNIS MÄGI – concert performance `Pühendus` (`Dedication`) and a DVD record
• AIN LUTSEPP – acting in the plays `Kopenhaagen` (`Copenhagen`), `Kummikauplejad` (`Rubber Traders`) and `Rahauputus` (`The Flood of Money`) by Estonian Draamateater.
• ENE-LIIS SEMPER – exhibitions in 2002

Culture awards assigned in 2002

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• AIN KAALEP
• VELJO TORMIS

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2002:

• MAILE GRÜNBERG – personal exhibition `Red` in the Tallinn Art Hall
• REIN ZOBEL – monograph `Tallinn (Reval) keskajal` (`The Medieval Tallinn (Reval)`)
• HALJAND UDAM - `Orienditeekond` (`Journey of the Orient`), essays and research
• MATI UNT – staging in 2001: `Kirsiaed` (`The Cherry Orchard`) in Vanemuine Theater, `Kadunud Poeg` (`The Lost Son`) in Eesti Draamateater, `Majahoidja` (`Housekeeper`) in Rakvere Theater.
• ARVO VOLMER – concerts in 2001: `Joonase lähetamine` with the National French Orchestra; performing and recording the symphonies of E. Tubin with ERSO.

Culture awards assigned in 2001

Culture award for long and outstanding creative activities:

• VIVE TOLLI

Culture award for creative accomplishments in 2000:

• ANDRES EHIN – collection `Alateadvus on alatasa purjus` (`The Consciousness is Constantly Drunk`)
• IVARI ILJA – concerts in 2000
• KAIE KÕRB – playing the protagonist in R.R.Štšedrin’s ballet `Anna Karenina` in the Estonian National Opera.
• ANDRUS KÕRESAAR and RAIVO KOTOV – for the architectural solution of Estonian pavilion in the EXPO- 2000, the World Fair in Hannover
• TOOMAS REIN – for the architectural solution of the enlargement of Otepää Gymnasium